Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-30


election occurred in November,
hut the experience Of two or three
wears having demonstrated that the
votes of white and black were very
nearly equal, the Legislature, to make
"assursnce dOubly sure, - enacted dur
ing the last session that the time of
| holding the election should be
changed from November to August
a month in which at least FIVE or six
hundred white voters are absent from
the city. This would give Charleston
again 20 Radicalism. A proposition
is pending, however, and 1t originated
| with the Republican newspaper here,
that the city government should be
| equally represented by Democrats and
| Republicans-the Mayor being Re
publican. If adopted it may prove
satisfactory to the masses, because
among the Republicans, likely TO 6L
the offices of Aldermen, are some
negro property-holders who can bere-
lied upon to cooperate with the Dem
Ocrats in resisting the assaults Of the
brigade of spoilslnen.
It is fair to say that, although the
city Is under negro rule--with negro
policemen, negro justices and negro
iuries-disorder Is not so rife, as in
| MANY other cities; and the records Of
the courts show little more than the
ordinary crimes of light. fingered ge5-
| try and the devotees at the shrine of
"John Barleycorn."
CHARLESTON COMMERCIALLY c0NsIi5-
Erred.
From a commercial standpoint
Charleston is healthy, and everywhere
gives evidence of the process Of reciI-
peration. The burnt district is grad
uslly filling up; all the unsightly en-
brOidery done in shell-work by Gen.
Gilmore's "Swamp Angels" has been
removed; the Wharves lined with
ships; steamers ply between here and
Liverpool direct; there are several
| banks and an abundant use for
money, and altogether the prospect
is enlivening and encouraging. The
discovery of phosphates has doubtless
added largely to local wealth. Three
| millions of dollars are said to be in
vested in the manipulation of the va
riOus fertilizers Of which phOsphate5
are the base, and all of that amount is
expended in and around the city OF
Charleston. The whole country anG.
| the beds of rivers for miles is under.
laid with this curious substance. and
land that once could be bought for ten
or twenty dollars an acre is now
| worth q thousand. In their crude
state, Just taken from the earth, phOs.
pilates find ready sale at seven dollars
a ton. When pulverized and mixed
with fish, or Peruvian guanO, and sui
/ IV,t.U
manure for cotton, and cotton at fifty
and sixty dollars a ton. One company,
alone, now operating on the river beds
Of the State, is at present engaged in
| filling 8 contract with q Scotch firm
for fifty thousand tons, and the shreWd
Scotchmen wanted four hundred and
fifty thousand more.
A MONSTER IMMIGRATION SCHEME.
Another large enterprise has been
| recently commenced here under the
auspices of the South Carolina Agri-
cultural Society looking to the estab-
| lishment of a system % immigration.
AS large amount OF money is re-
| Quired for the purpose and it
cannot be obtained here by Or
| binary. means resort has been had
to the plan of gift concerts, and in
| ducements are offered to the public in
the shape of extremely valuable
prizes-2404 in number, amounting
to $500, 900, at So g ticket. The largest
prize is the Academy of Music, worth
$3.50, 900, and commanding, With its
stores below, a rental OF $40, 900 per
annum. The second is a cash prize of
| 100000; the third, $25 600: the fourth,
| $4,000; and so on down. The chances
are about one in siXty-tWo. In or
| dinary hands such schemes are ques-
tiOnable, but this happens to be under
| the control of some OF the best known
| and most honorable men in the State,
| besides having the Endorsement of
distinguished publicists like Wade
Hampton, August Belmont and Chas.
| 0'Connor; besides bankers and mer-
| chants by the score. The managers
are General NJ. G. Butter, late the
Democratic candidate for Lieutenant
| Governor; Mr.. John Chadwick,
capitalist, and General NJ. w. Gary.
| The latter gentleman is now some
where in the southwest or west, ap-
pointing general agents of States. He
is not less distinguished as a success
full lawyer, planter and business man,
than be was as the dashing COM
mander Of the Hampton Legion. The
character of these gentlemen has in.
spired the public with confidence in
the undertaking, and the tickets are
being rapidly sold.
MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
It is not at all improbable that dur
ing the next session OF the Legislature
d reform viii be made in the manner
of elections, and that to the minority
will be secured this just and legitimate
share of representation in all the elec-
! tive offices of the State. There is no
commonwealth in the country
where such a policy would pro-
duce happier results than in S0Uth
! Carolina; for il would not only
| promote peace, by removing
! causes OF dissensioD, but it would
obliterate the system OF wholesale
plunder which has been inaugIrated
| by the present uncomfortable ma
jOrity. The Governor and most intel
! ligent officials of the State favor the
proposition, and the colored people
will doubtless follow the leader.
CARPET -BAGGIs1
is at a discount in South Carolina.
The 0ilcD1is and he.nlie battalions from
! abroad have about reached the end of
their tether. Even the domestic
negroes, who once looked upon them
as little lower than gods and goddesses
from a Northern paradise, have dis
covered indubitable signs of the
diabolic hoof. To use vulgarism,
they are "played out" and another
election will find them assigned to
back seats, and their places filed by
those who belong to the soil, and are
identified with its interests.
MEMPHIS.
TELEGRAHS.