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XLIst CONGRESS-.
THIRD SESSION.
.TiI I,l SENATE. FFE
WASHINGTON, February "a

...,r.- WASHINGTON, February "a.
The credentials OF WILLIAM WINDOW,
Senator elect from Minnisota, were pre-.
sented by the Vice President, and were
read and tabled.
Mr.. TRuMBUIL, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported favorably the bill to
repeal the test oath, and askedt0 be dis
charged from further consideration Of the
Presidents message. 1t was so ordered.
The Senate took up the regular order ol
business, being the House bill TO guard the
purity OF elections, entitled IN act to
amend an act approved May 81, 1870, to
enforce the rights ol citizens ofthe United
States To vote in the several States and
for other purposes
Mr.. VIcKERs criticised the bill rs an
olIshoot Of the unconstitutional measure
Of last session, under which military in.
tervention had been resorted to ut the
State elections as the expedient OF the Re-
publican party to carry the elections.
At lao message was received from the
President announcing that he had signed
the bill prescribing Tor the oath to be taken
by Mr.. Miller, claiming the seat as Sena-
tor from Georgia.
Upon invitation by the Vice President
Mr.. Miller, who was present, came for
ward and took the oath prescribed and
entered upon his duties.
A long debate followed, and number
Of amendments were offered and, rejected.
Adjourned. vF
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NEW YoRK, February @

w., NEW YoRK, February "a.
CorToN-Firln; middling uplands 15sc.
FLovn-Firm; 80 6OaS 90 for shipping
grades. NV fN-......'
GRAlN-w Wheat firm red amber at 81
6OatB4. a rmieg s.r 10 srg5 s. lJs
PRovrsroNs--Lard firm; 1870 bid; 1890
asked for seller April; seller May held at
1896. t'I..is'-goI.l .r'm. n .lrgi
Ea0s-Unchanged. -.i1aI
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BaItimorS Market.
BALTIMORE, February "a.

n, hrp- Weak ,s'4 ll' w l.N.,.
, FGRGIN.-Wheat--U Unchanged. Corn.
Dull; yellow southern at 77a7Sc; white u
SlaS5G. 0ats-5Sc.ro5 'I1 .H. 6s 4
WHIsKY-9sc; others unchanged. yr
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dom, to so manage the remainder, that no
detrimental or violent shock shall be Civ.
en- to the great cause OF education, which
i Is the true policy of this State to
foster and maintain, and which we
believe 1t will be tue pleasure Of the
party about TO come into power in this
State, TO ever sustain, protect and encour.
age. The subject alluded 10 is the stock
owned by the State In banks and corpora.
tiOns, which were set apart by the seventh
section of article eight Of the COnstitu.
tion, 10 be sold and piled in payment Of
the public debt
The proportion Of the public debt Of
Of the Commonwealth OF VirginiA,
which this State assumed, Is now being
pressed upon our consideration. 1t musi
be ascertAined and met in that spirit Of
fairness, which Is the distinguishing char.
acteristic Of our people. Until the bank
and corporation stocks shall be needed
for the purposes Of tho public debt, II is
needless to repeat the history Of legsla.
tlon, by stating more tllRn to say, that the
income therelronl, hos been, and will bC,
appropriated TO replenish the school fund.
The sum which will be then withdrawn,
under the operation Of the provision Of
the Constitution before referred TO, will
be more than one half Of the irreducible
school fund. .a... ...........
In regard to the debt Of the Common.
wealth Of Virginia, your committee have
to say, that they have laborrd under great
difficulties In procuring accurate iniorma-
ton. There is very little, II anything, TO
be had upon tho subject, in any Of the
departments OF our State government,
and they have therefore had 10 rely upon
such information as they could procure
from other well informed sources they,
therefore, file o statement herewith, Of the
amount and character Of said debt, de-
rived from such sources, but would say,
that It is, not entirely correct, though In
their opinion 1t closely approximatcs TO
correctness ,.......
STATEMENT or THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Unredecmed debt, January, !, 1850 $3ag76,G6G ~
Debt interest bearing ....,..>, &.7l9,SsS %
HELD NJ COMMONWEALTH PROPER,
Bank stock. ......,................ Z 29i9,1 90
w6a Company. ny...,........,..... 96s,Gl5 Ss
HELD ny INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
" Railroad companies ......,.. 1910, $50 ~
" Navigation e ......... 4,769,9G6 80
&" Plank Rod ........ 4l0,337 6S
Turnpike .......... 2420,S13 10
Bridge u" ~. ~. I8G.0I GB
:" State roads g ..;....... l,76S,Si3 81
Bonds Of Railroad companlCs,... 2ss,a7s W
itl I" Janies River and Kama. .'Lll.
Bonds Of Chesapeake and Ohio .oo
Canal ,::.t.. ;;...,.; .:.,..";... 3o,aOO W
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Another Retiring West va. Congress-
|.,, ffs1,s man Provided For. ~.
WARuINdTON. Febriiarv 3

LLl L uI, ,WApilNuIONi FeuIuhEy ~
Tho President has nominated tho Hon.
John 8. Witcher, retiring Congressman
from the Sd district oG West Virginia, 10
DO Collector Of lntcanal Rcycnue ior that
district
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i4GERMsAllNY.rQ

Release of French Hostages Ordered!
m G gBgEsBE, FebruAryl24.
Atelegraphic otdef was received from
Versailles, which directs the immediate
liberation Of all the French h0stages. -
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STATE SEoURTIEs-Missouris,0 ,0l /; Ten.
nessees, old, 64; new, 64R; Virginia, new,
COL; old. G5t; North Carollnas, old, 48ai
new, 274. J sr'lt .tI l4..rll
SrocKs-Westem Union Telegraph 50i;
Adams Express, 66t; Wells, Fargo & Co.,
80; American 45t; United States 47t;,Pa-
cifc Mail, 45s; New York Central, 05t; do
scrip, OH; Erie, eli Harlem, 1851; Read
ing, 09s; Michigan Central, 117t; Cleve-
land 6 Pittsburgh, 107e; Northwestern,
n; do preferred, SIT; Rock Island, 1079;
New Jersey Central, 1909; st, Paul, 53t;
do preferred, ,s74t; Wabash at; do pre-
lerred, 70; Fort Wayne, 95t; Terre
Haute, 25i; Chicago and Alton, 112; Ohio
and Mississippi, 36t; Cleveland, Columbus
and Cincinnati, "a; Burlington and
Quincy, 154; Lake Shore, 05t; Illinois
Central, 1873, Ahl lAar-'NH aT
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HOuSE.L

The House took up the bill making ap-
preparations for sundry civil expenses Of
the Government. The bill, which Is
usually called the omnibus bill, appropri-
atcs $33,5s3,092. The House, after dis.
posing Of 20 pages out of 55 Of the bill,
adjourned. Huaau'NI lsN ntl
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Tho names Of tho parties to whom, and on what
account paid, will'be found in my report, from
page u to page 81, inclusive,
By reference 70 my report, page D, II viii be
seen that there was standing 70 the credit Of the
general school fund,
October I, 1870. S2tS,8SS 26 |."
To the credit Of the ire. 4 ...u-.
eacioie Mna'''''i":" so,oOO " ...il
Total ~. .s97S,sis ~ ..H.r.
from which deduct amt aH rt.a.
In treAs'y, Oct ], 10. IS2l3,490 08 m
of the treasury. 80. 9 O,Sas 81
w. N ---
Wig TO the general school -, =. ... IN
school iaad. ."....... 2S,SOO 17-S CO,SGs 81
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THE CELEBRATED no
., HON E
STOMACH BITTERS!
Take None but those Manu-
featured in st. Louis.
Endorsed by more Leading Ply
sicians than any other BitterS
ever offered 70 tho Public
as O Tonic, Stimulant
and Stomaohic.
Every Family Should have Bottle.

We have in our possession hundreds o. me
most hatterinR testimonials from Physicians Ol
the highest standing, both Of the AlapAthy and
Homeopathy schools, who endorse and prescribe
the Home stomach Bltiers "A rUcupefAnt,
stOmAchlo and tonic, and oil agree that they Aro
DygDepbia and General Debility. They area eHr'
taln preventative Of Fever aud Agus, BlllOuanGsa
ana III dlHeaBOa arising from mAlArlOus CAugea.
They arc not only pELilIfTFUL TO THE TATsE, but
beneficial 70 tho sick, tho eOnyAltreent and tho
well, lmpartlng strength 70 both mind aud body,
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7' II you add to this whatever may be ap.
propriated by the Legislature TO roads,
bridges, and other works Of internal i'm
proyement, &C., 1t will, Of course, increase
the amount to DO raised TINT extent.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.

EMMITE
DAssENGER TRAINS WILL
L run by the following schedule on and Aftef
December 18th, 1870, Wheeling time: .'.I
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inc amount 10 DC raiseu Lllht cAVena
EstImdted reeeipts n he TrtdsIry FOR he Itq4d-
dalton # general appropriations.
Total Rsvthuetor State purposes for hs year
On lands Of tho value Of saJ,ssS,SS7 $iOO,77O n
On personal property Of 2 r 1l-
tho valuation OF ..... S7,7a9,9s6 7S,4To 07
4TLt,Jrg. Il $ls8,isb979 S2O6, $50 a
lin linauents ] canaI to is per cent. aOSs7 OF
..-,y,r ,.s. ,r.r. s230,slS 10
Add license tax $4,000 o., lFl ~ '. g.
less commissions equal
to 7per cent. ......"$a,z9s W 49SlS 10
'4EaaI mHn.l.-TrlI &0Go.iSl IS
Hospital tax on all property L|.
ofth0 valuation OF $751; .lH
Less Shcriffs' commissions
and dcllnquents equal TO
is per cent, :. ......,....S 1854 40 $5G,S7s %
aR'Hn. 1RlN fiN $s9S,7OO 40
Railroad tax for general purposes. ... 14,725 Gs
Railroad tax for hospital purposes... 3GS1 q
Receipts from dellnq't Sherifs &c. $1,000 90
.... $s7i,ll6 %
40 BSaLTIrtIATios.T 4
Total disbursements, &c........".. I2s, ,4Gs %
TOselrecelPp'.; 'i--sT,i'f,.i'".q S.t,lS %
Estimated delclt Oct ], 1871 80, tA $50 10
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TuE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION.
THE COAL TARIFF.

Representatives Brooks, Wood, Fox
and others are making an effort through
an amendment to the appropriation bill
now pending, to abolish the duty on
coal. Mr.. Scofield, Of Pennsylvania, was
In the chair, and ruled them out OF order.
Mr.. Brooks appealed TO him as a Penn
sylvanlan 10 be liberal, and allow free
coal. But In q parliamentary view, Mr..
scofeld Is justified by the precedent.
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Actual deficit October !, 1870. ...-. $O2,Ss2 l6
The treasurer reports that on the first
day Of January, 1871, there was $751;.
654 90 in the treasury, belonging to oil
funds, but does not say how much Of 1t
belongs to each fund. ----
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Total non dividend paying stls -..g
&C.. owned by Virginia.. ..$25, ,g90, ,sSj II
mt JAMES NJ. JACKSON,
.-. Can Committee 7dratlOn and FInGHco.
II. G. DAVIS,
Ch'nQf Committee. Senute.
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"A telegram from tho Government Of
Bordeaux warns tho public against false
reports as to the terms Of peace, which, II
says, can't be known. The clerical party
arc opposed to the transfer Of the Assem-.
hlY 10 Paris.
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50 80 TO 50 80, and for choice by dray load, So 50
10 SO. Eggs are scarce and selling at Csc. The
demand was active. Chickens range from So
70 1850. Cabbage are In better supply, and
selling lower, at rom IS 80 to BIO. Baggine and
ties unchanged. The demand for the past
week has been light. Prices unchanged. Corn
meal tsa shade hrmer; sold in lots on the levee
al 5 ~ Apples, inferior 70 good, are In album
dance, choice steady and IN demand. Butter
firm prime 70 good table in fair supply;
strictly choice scarce and In demand. The
latter sold at 2Sc. Other articles are quiet and
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NONRESIDENT NOTIcE.

No. 2os. o. Rim the First Chsncary Court
OF shelby county, Tennessee-Sufia Wea-
yer vs.. William h. Bland ct 81.
1T appearing rom an order Of Court In This
i cause that M May, the purchaser OF
lots 7, : and 9, formerly sold herein. has de-
parted this lie; that Sarah J. Fielder form-
eFly Nay and Aichasl z. Fielder Qher nus
and and Cynthia n. May. widow OF said
deeedent, residents of Oxford. kississippi;
Mary 6. EUtreu formerly May aud her nus
band Alfred FutTell and John r. AsF, are
residents OF Arkansas-an OF whom are the
widow and heirs o. said decedent, and nom
residents Of the state OF Tennessee
IL il therefore ordered, Tnet they make
their appearances herein, ct the courthouse
In the city of Memphis, Tenn. on or before
The first Monday Ia January, lsz2, an show
aus II any they have, why TINS SAID sutt
should not be revived, and etc.
rendered against b ~, or tbs same Will De
heera and proceeded with exparte; n that
q COPY Of This order be puolisned once q
week. for four successive weeks In the Aem-
phis Appeal. November l4s e7l.
A~copy-Attest:
- BY X J.. BLACK, Deputy @. a
LogwoodA Aicou. Soils, for CompPt Inn sat
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Saturday, December 2. 1871.

within legal hours, in front OF the Sheriff 3
once IN me city Of Memphis, Tenn, on the
west SIDE OF second street, between Union
and 6ayoSo Streets, and in front OF the south
portion OF the GreenlaW Opera House, pro.
coed 20 sell, for cash. 10 the highest and best
bidder, The following real estate, or so much
amount secured by the trust. The property
lies IN Shelby county, Tenn and Is thus de-
serloSd: Inc mont sraet, containing 3 40-lo0
acres, and being The same that was conveyed
TO the said James Young by " esleg Blake
more, by deed dated 18th Eebruary, R66, reg
lstered In the Registers ONCE OF n By
county, in book p, PIP DIS. and described as
follows; Beginning at q sweet gum 10 chains
and % links south or Brsdshsyis south line or
. 40 acre tract and on the line between said
J. Young and A q. Eiakemore; thence west,
crossing Cane creek. 4 cnaiLs; thence south
. chains and 50 links TO a sweet gum: thsncs
east 4 chains 10 A. BlRkemo ELS southwest
corner thence north y chains and 50 links
with 4. u. BlsksmOIes west line to the be-
g1nnirg. Al.O so much Of the following de-
scTtoed property as had not been sod or
NOR gagged 70 Others pItor to Janusry r, 1861,
and remained the property o. james Young
and his wife on thai day. The description OF
the whole tract IS as follows, containing
about 40 acres, and being q part Of a tTaSJ
originally IN the nams of James 5eaweil:
Beg inning at the northwest corner Of said
original tract at a stake north IS degf ees, east
4 INKS nom a white oak marked W. p;
thence east passing an elm at 10 chain and 4
nnks, the southeast corner OF ] Ramsey s
oOG acre grs1t, In al 20 chains, to 8 stake OF
sweet and black gum L black oak point
ersi thence fOuth. crossing Cane creek at b
chains snd = Inks, in ali 10 chains and 20
inks 70 a sweet gum; thence west chains
TO = stake;t thence south. crossing said CT eek
st 2 clsins, In All = chains ana 50 links, 70 q
sweet gum; thence east 4 chains to q stake
ard Gogwoodi tnenes south 6 chains and 10
Inks to a STAKE and b ack gum marked L.;
thence WCsL 30 chains 10 4 stake; thence north
AZ chains snc % Inks TO the beginning, 10
which deed OF trust ana the ChAncery court
record reference is here made for greater GER
tatnty Titles believed to De good, but 1 VIII
sell and convey only as trustee. Equity OF
redemption barred
MARCUS J. WRIGHT,
Sheriff CT Shelby county and trustee.
EUAEs & PssTON, attorneys.
nnnl
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Valuable COtton Plantation.

7 OFFER for sale. near Mound City, in Crit
Il tenden county, Arkansas, q tract OF land
containing nearly lac acres OF rich, alluyta-
land, from 400 70 600 acres in cultivation and
above any overflow, besides over 200 acres OF
dsadening. This aluabIe tract furnishes 1000
acres or more or tillable land, all OF which
could be put In cultivation at amoderate out
lay OF capital, making over 8 thousand acre
farm, Of ~unequslsd value In this vicinity.
This plantation Is distant about eight miles
iroE MemphiB-halfby water TO Mound City,
ne balance by ridge rOad-and Is known As
tue "Donsgan, or Island place, and with the
exception OF Two hundred yards o ffencing, Is
surrounded by Marion and Beaver Dam
lakes. which sdord entire protection to the
farm from STOCK o. every kind.
There are no sand blows on tha farm, the
entire cleared land seilg on the richest black
alluTtum, producing IS much cotton or corn
to the acre as any land in this latitude.
These lands yielded last year from n to
one Int a quarter 0ales 10 the acre.
In addition to this farm as q cotton plantas
ton, there are now upon IL between ID and
80 head OF builockE, f~attentng upon the IN
cleared portion OF the place, and the corn
now crossing upon Il. The purchaser can
with wagons and plantation utensils, at val
uation.
The owner is determined to sell, from the
fact thai The plantation requires more OF his
time than he can spare totts successful man.
de deems any extended description Of the
properly unnecessary, SIS the value OF tina
plantation Is too well known 70 require it.
Parties desiring to examine or 10 purchase
the plantation can apply to Aessrs. Royster
Trezevsnt q Co, Hy SCENTS, a. Memphis, On
to me at h~unEville, Alabama.
il DONEGAN,
II not sold before the nrst Monday in De-
csmber next, privately, i. will be sold IN
that day At public sale, atthe Zeal Estste Ell
change OF Eoyster. TrezevRnt & Co, NO. go
Main street at u O'Clock, where maps OF the
land can be seen and terms made known AZ
oc9 i'll L.
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On The 2sih Day Of HOvsmbsr, 1871,

At noon In front OF the court room OF the
CiTcuib COurt OF the united states. for the
District OF West Tennessee, In the city OF
Memphis, sell, to the highest bidder, the fo1-
lowing described properly, tO-wit:
A certain tract, piece or parcel OF land, sit
ulfe, lying and being in the county Of Tip.
ION, state OF Tennessee, or the waters Of tns
Mississippi river. with metes and bounds IS
fotiOEs. to-Wtt: Beginning st q point On the
Mississippi river, Palmers northeast corner
thence south with Palmeris line sec poles TO
themes north poles to a tree On the bank
OF the Mississippi river; thence in q west
waIdiy direction with the meanders OF the
Mississippi river to the point of beginning;
being the saHe tract conveyed by William
Coward TO James O. Ellis, ana described IN
said deed Of as containing, by
estimation, elghty-three so acres; toghLher
with the engines, boilers and all other nx.
lures and apparatus and thtngs lying and
being situated on said tract of land, and used
IN the distulatiOR OF spurious liquors, and
described as Ouows to-VtL: Two d0uble-nue
boilers, twenty feet long, forty inches dame
ter, CRATE, bars, etc; one engine, ten-ineh
to make II complies; one main shaft fy.
wheel and pulleys, and all other shaf5ing
stout the AHA dlstllery; one thirty
sfx-ineh stones, for grinding with gearing,
betting, etc one mash tab; one worm tue
and worm; one cold water tub; one high
wine tubs one low-wine tub SIX beer
ing tubs or Cisterns; two yeast tub3i four
yeast cans; draw and force and high and
iOW wine pumps platform and pS1m
scales, and all the pipes, valves, cocks, belt
ing used about the dlsttllery; blacksmith
ana carpenter and other tools and tnstru.
ments about The premises.
Said propeTty will De sold on q credit of six
months; b purchaser to give note, with ap-
proved personal security, bearing interest
nom date, for the purchase moneys, and q
lien retained on the property - additional
security tor the payment OF the purchase
money.
Tns equity OF redemption is barred; md
the S1rchaSer will Do placed in poss aEsion
on tfe confirmation OF the sale by the Court.
Ii clay KING, Special Commissioner.
Mem9bis, November :, LII. no7 ids
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-Knn-RaaIdant HatIca.

No. 42O.-In the second Chancery Court Of
shelby county, Tenne5See-k1coi3s Etener-
ysrne VS.. b North American Fire lnsu-
rance Company OF New YORK 81 al
1T appearing frOm bin which Is sworn 20 ~
this cause that the d~sfendant4 tne
North American Fire ms CO. oL LIS
tusIy indebted 20 the complAInAnt " me
Suuo of about S700, due for damSsss sussslne1
ON Ma hoUse by reason Of nre, ets sno HaAt
IL Is q non-residsnt ofthe STATE OF 1ennessee,
and is TemOyfng, or shout 20 remove the
So1d@ on 6eocsff with the state Comptroiler
snd osher edacis bel0nglns 10 II; and that
90 ~ So couses an attachment was sued out
~ ME Courr against the property OF de-
Ssndsnt- ard the same was issEed. and has
saen returned by the sheriff duly levied on
re nroperty or defendant, the North Amerf-
can SIRE ms. @ OF New York:
n Is therefore ordered by the Clerk and
Master, That said defendant mak its APP
pearance herein, al Z Courthouse OF
Inc Second ChaneeEy Cccrt In the city
81 Memphis. Tenn. on or before the drst
Monday in January, l73, and plead, an
swer or demrr 70 COMPLIMENTS Dill OF
the A. VIII be taken for confessed As 70
said defendant and set Tor bearing exPsrte:
and that 3 COPY OF this order be pnDllshed
once 8 week, for four successive EeeEs,l ~
the Memphis Appeal This NovemDere' Io'A.
A~Copy-attest3
M.BA STEWART, Clerk and Master
BY al. BELGHKR, Deputy Q. and "a. -
Humes 4 Poston, Sols. for compl| InoStno
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The dry goods business, since our last re-
view, has been fair, though not so extensive as
the previous weeks of the season. Country
merchants are complaining somewhat, that
their customers DON'T pay mp as promptly as
for better prices. which has the effect TO d.
minish trade. Memphis dealers say that their
stances do they lake thirty dsy acceptances on
their commission merchants here and New
Orleans. The dry goods market in New YORK
Is d1iI, many Jobblng houses are preparing for
changes by the nnt Of January.
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FINANCIAL.

The financial outlook IS favorable. The
markeL, g-neraly, presents no new feature,
and Tor the past week has ruled easy. The
local money market is reported easy and cur
neney l. In good tupply, equal to the demand.
Rates are unchanged in bank, from l09l2 per
cent per annum. The outside rates are from
II 10 ~ per cent per month.
Exchange was not making so freely, but in
fair demand. Rates remain on New York,
Eoston and eastern cities at y 10 &c discount,
on New Orleans &c discount Is he rate.
Gold was DO ght at llO4 70 Il0L, a decline
and light
Local securities are steady we quote
County warrants are s. TO gOc. Bank
OF Tennessee, 81 TO SIC. City bonds, cur
rency issues, % 70 SC, buying aud SELL
ing; gold issue, C % CSC. City scrip, Is To
sc buying, and SIC sellug. Memphis and
Charleston railroad stock is quoted at 3lL TO
&c; nrst mortgage bonds, 81 70 Sc; "a do, Is to
soc. Arkansas levee bonds are quiet and quoted
At 70 &c. Memphis and Little Rock rsf-
road shares are nominal at 10 to I2c; LIST mort
cages bonds IS 70 sc Arkansas State war
rants, 20 70 sc. Mississippi Central railroad
shAees at Is TO l6c; for LIST mortgage bonds,
dealers report 81 10 soc as the buying and sell.
ing rates I'd do, Y TO sc. Mississippi and Ten
nessee railroad shares are 20 10 DC: 40 Isl mort
gage bonds, 81 10 sc; do ID. 7Oc.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-14
FOR SALE.

VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND CON-
N tanning SO acres-4Q0 cleared. being AL
fresh and rich. There are on this land, q
sary plantation buildings. with agoOd sup
ply OF hns water and a superb range for
stock. Thts lam lies 81 miles west o. Nes-
bits Station. on NJ. ana 4. r K. nj twenty
from Memphis Location healthy and fsnc-
ing good. Will be sold In a body, or divided
MIST mon JAS. M. TAFT.