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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18
A COTTON RING,

The Washington special to the New
York Herald says a new ring of gigan-
tic proportions appears in the field of
Washington politics. The dethrOned
King Cotton is himself again, and the
cotton ring appears upon the scene.
We have had railroad, whisky, ma
tional bank and other rings in opera
ton here for some years past, but the
cotton ring is q creation OF the present
session of congress. Accumulation Of
prominent politicians has been formed
for the purpose Of carrying through
congress a bill to reiuLd the taxes col
leeted on new cotton under the acts Of
congress of July 1, 1862, June 20, 1854,
July IL, 1856, September l, 1867, and
February 8, 1868. 1t is claimed that
the laws authorizing the collection of
the cotton tax were unconstitutional,
unjust and oppressive, and that the
united Southern delegation in con-
greSs, aided by the Democrats voting
In solid phalanX, can carry a bill
through authorizing the refund.
ing from the national treasury
of the entire amount collected. 1t is
claimed that Mr.. Secretary BoutWell's
one anu Ouu mllllOuS vi uOl-
lars has been lying Idle in the treasu
ry too long already, and that the bulk
of it should be distributed to the peo-
pie in the form of q refund OF the un-
inst and unconstitutional cotton tax.
I am using the argumento of these who
favor the proposed mreaSure-not my
own. A bill providing for the refund
has already been prepared, and will
be introduced when the proper time
arrives. In afeW days it is expected.
The following tabular statement
shows the amount Of cotton tax col
iected while the laws were in force,
from 1863 to 1865, inclusive:
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TIE PRIESTHOOD sED poLIEles.

The New York Herald says that
Archbishop Spalding never took any
part in the great political struggles
that have agitated the country. Like
his predecessor, the lamested Ken
drick, he never cast q vote in his life.
| His sympathie5 were with the land Of
his birth and his ancestry; but never,
even in the sanetfty of closest friend
ship, did he disclose his sentiments.
He even maintained the opinion that
the church should under no circum-
stances become entangled with the
questions Of the day, and Mr.. Sew
ards alleged representations to the
Pope that ne wa disloya and not &C
lceptable to the government as arch
bishop of Baltimore were gratuitous,
Insulting and manufactured cut of
whole cloth, On one occasion during
the war between North and South,
Archbishop Kendriek, appalled, by the
entertainments OF the military and the
threats that were freely made against
the cathedral, determined to issue a
pastoral, defining the position of the
Church upon the question which so
fearfuIIy agitated the public mind.
His intention was cOHfided to BishOD
Spalding, who unhesitatingly con-
demned ii, and 50 clearly pointed out
the improperly Of the step that il was
forthwith abandoned. Bishop Spald.
ing told the archbishop that he thought
the people them elves were the best
of their political convictions,
and they alone were responsible for
the actions resulting from their con-
victiOns. AS con as peace had spread
her healing wings over the discOrds
and discussions Of the republic, end
the emancipation and enfranchise-
ment Of the blacks had become fixed
fact, the archbishop hent all the ener-
gies of his great mind to the task CT
this class Of our population,
and fitting them, both mentally and
religiously, for the new duties con-
press had assigned them. The hOur-
Ishing Catholic colored schools
throughout his diocese attest his we'll
directed efforts. i
i
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18
KEEDELssGRH AND GOETHE

In a pamphlet OF some fifty pages,
DR.. Karl M~endelssohn has published
a narrative Of his fathers boyhood and
relations with Goethe That the poet,
who was as Indifferent as Gallo to
any cordial intimacy with Beethoven,
Schubert and Weber, should have at
enee adopted tsthe young Berliner, I,
is one of the many pieces of evidence
in proof of the qualities, social and ar
tistic, which secured for Mendeissohn
the life long regard Of the Wisest and
most famous men of his time. letters
correspondence with Goethe is con-
tanned in three bulky volumes, and
Embedded in these are to be found let
tiers OF deep interest on the subject of
Zsltef's favorite pupil. It is impOssi-
BILE to read Karl Memberships work
without feeling gratitude to Zalter,
who, although a proverb in Berlin tor
r~oughnes5, uneven temper and Spar
tan discipline, assuredlydid his duty
by MendelsSOhn with thorouehnesS
and conscientiousness that were never
forgotten by his famous pupil. One
of Zelter's p~eculiarities consisted in
bis boarding and gloating over a pri-
NhIC COAACCeAOA VI 0Ctt1oLLdA Oatu y
works. Tho Passions-M usik, the 3
minor mass, the glorious Magnficat
were to him golden fruit in the gar
den OF the Hesperides, and he the dra-
gon to watch them. On Friday even
ings his pupils, Felix and Fanny
Mendelssohn included, were allowed
the high honor of practicing Bach;s
music, to the passionate delight of
their souls, and, itmust be added, the
imminent danger of hurting their
voices. But this early apprenticeship
to such noble study was of priceless
value to Felix, who, in after years,
succeeded zalter as s'restorer Of Bach
to the Germans" Memberships faith
er never uttered truer words than the
following: SIT is an undOubted fact
that without Zslter your own musical
tendencies would have been of a to-
tally different nature Felix was !
Zelter's debtor for another good turn
personal introduction to Goethe. |
The prospect of this visit to Weimar
threw the whole Mendelssohn family
into a Hutter, v.'Just0 Imagine (his
mother writes TO 8 relative In Paris),
the little urchin has the good luck be-
fore him Of visiting Weimar with
Zslter wishes to Introduce
him to Goethe. You may imagine
it costs meto part with the desr
:hiId. although only for fsw weeks.
Still. / reckon it no small advantage
q be introduced to Goethe under such
circumstances, to live under his roof
md receive the great mans blessing.
/ am glad, too, he will have this little
rim as a diversion; he Is naturally in
.jined to be over.studious for hisage."
Ielter and the brilliant boy arrived at
Weimar. They put up at "The Ee-
,haut,u and Felix, who seems never
q have lost a single moment, made a
Of Cranach's house, and inform
d himself OF the extent and power Of
he Weimar church organ, before
his youthful bow to the &c
Ieimrath. After dinner the boy
,layed Baeh's fugues, and extempo- {
lied for a couple Of hours in Goethe's \
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

THE Louisville Ledger insists thai
Belmont, chairman Of the National
Democratic committee, should con-
vene this body at once, and that the
organization of the party should be
perfected thus early, as in former
years during which presidential cleo
tons ocenrred. The Ledger proceeds
to take the census Of the party in the
the several States, and demonstrates
the possibility Of a Democratic tri-
Umph without the aid of the recalci-
trant Republicans of the Trumbull-
Schurz faction. 1t says that the dis.
afec ed Republicans are only a few
leaders Of their party, and that they
may have no followers. On the con-
trary, the conduct Of the Connecticut
Democratic convention in adopting
the platform OF the Missouri-Gratz-
Brown convention is asserted by Dem
ocratic and Radical papers to involve
the necessity for the rejection Of Grant
by the National Radical convention.
The opinion obtains, as we happen
to know, in Washington that the de
feat Of insane, ofice-holding Radical
ism can only be effected by this alli-
anee with Republicans.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

IT seems that one Ragland bought
the stock of the uniquely-venerable
city of Petersburg in a dilspidated
Virginia railroad at eighty-fve cents,
expecting to sell at q profit to Tom
Scott. Scott came and went, and Rag
land went up. Ragland owns an ele-
plant. His road has no connections"
and in this Mahone's is little better
than Ragland's, both having, how
ever, enough "poor kim" =.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18
THE ADvAxCE IN COTTON.

At last the embargo imposed upon
cotton by the " little furry" over the
Alabama claims has been removed,
and the result is an advance commen-
surate with the statistical position Of
the staple. New York yesterday went
up &C., and Memphis tc., both markets
closing strong. This corresponds SO
exactly with the position taken bytne
APPEAL that we will be excused II we
call attention to it. OOgnizant OF
the fact that there was nothing
in the condition Of cotton 70
occasion either a decline in prices OF
stationary dizziness, we 30 stated anu
urged our cotton sellers to hold on 70
their stocks, assuring them that the
efforts Of the New York gamblers,
based upon the Alabama " fash in the
PAM would only prove profitable as
thew themselves fell into the trap so
cunningly prepared for them. Results
following have proven the correctness
Of our position; and, we are happysto
learn, the sellers following our advice
have saved to this market many thou
sands of dollars that otherwise would
have gone to enrich New York. Our
nsellers" are jubilant, of course. They
feel now as if they had some share In
making a market, and, having
awaited themselves of it, have profit
ed, as men always do when bold
enough to take the initiative at q cri-
teal moment. Memphis cotton sell
ers have done well; they have taken
q proper position, one they are enti-
tied to. Men who handle One-sev-
enth of the whole cotton crop of the
United States should certainly have
something to say in regulating the
price as well as the grading Of it. Cot
ton is advancing, and Memphis with
if
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18
THE Origin OF LOTTERIES

Lotteries were invented by the RO
mans to enlivenl their Saturnalia
This festival, which was instituted in
commemoratiOn Of the freedom ano
equality which prevailed On earth II
the golden reign Of Saturn, began by
the distribution Of tickets which
gained some prize. Augustus ap-
pointed lotteries, which consisted OF
things of little value; but Nero estab-
lished some for the people, in which
one thousand tickets were distributed
daily, andja number of those who
we're favored by fortune became rich
by them, Heliogabalus invented lot
ferries OF very singular nature; the
prizes were either of great value, or
Of none az all; one gained prlze OF
six slaves, and another OF SIX lilies;
some got valuable vases, and others
vases Of common earth. A lottery OF
this kind exhibited an excellent pic
ture Of the inequality with which for
tune distributes her fav0rs. The first
lottery in England. of which we have
any account, was drawn at the west
door OF st. Pauis Cathedral in 1859,
and consisted of forty thousand tick
cts at forty shillings each. The pro-
fs Of the lottery were to be applied
toward repairing the harbors. In
1912 King James appointed a lottery
10 bedFawn at the same place, Tor the
plantation Of English colonies IN Rir-
ginia. The principal prize was four
thousand crowns in plate.-Zr0y
Times
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18
ron soOrr,s LAST ACH1EvEMENT.

F0a SCOTS LAST ACHIEVEMENT,
The election Of Tom Scott to the
presidency of the Southern Pacific
railway company is the most fortu'
nate event of the year for Memphis,
His acceptance of the position shows
what were his purposes in buying the
Memphis and Charleston road, which
becomes part and parcel of the great
trans-continental line. 1t occurs to
US that Mahone's organs in Virginia
will spare the APPEAL further de-
n%unciations and that General Malone
may be induced to abandon his alb
surd purpose of squandering a million
or two in burrowing beneatht the Cum
berland mountains in order to escape
the clutches Of Tom Scott. Within
the month the Lynchburg Republican
and Richmond Wing viii throw up
their hats and confess the genius and
worth of Tom Scott.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18
THE Instantaueous loss in n,

THE instantaneous loss in property
values, and in the suspension Of pub.
IieJand private enterprises, caused by
the mere declaration Of war against
England WoRid4be 4enfoid greater
than the sValue OF all property de-
stroyed by Confederate cruisers. II
New England be not content with the
duplication Of its wealth by the Con-
federate war, and must have another,
the South would do well 70 laise the
sum required to adjust the Alabama
claims BY subscription, sndhSve done
with the business. II war come, New
~England wiz again execute shoddy'
contracts, and the West and South
must foot the bills and do the throat
cutting
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

IT Is no wonder that Northern
negroes are moving southwark. The
Washington Chronicle tells how a
poor negro in Michigan, having the
smallpox, was put upon a passing rail
way train, and when the conductor
found he had no money kicked him
of. He was driven from the village
where the train left him and wan
dered into a woodshed and persisted
miserably. There is thousand-f fold
worse, more abhorrently base and
meanly selfish spirit evinced In this
inhumanity TO man than in any vio-
lent, sudden outbursts Of passion on
the part of Southern mobs which
have now and then wreaked sudden
vengeance for that nameless crime to
which negroes are now and then ad-
iicted, .
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

Ali here II Is. I'm famous now
An author and q poet
It really Is In print! Ye ROdsl
How proud III lie % show IT.
And gentle Anna3 What a THRU
VIII animate her breast,
To lead these lines, and know
f 10 whom they are addressed!
why, bless my s4uII here's somahht
WI strange,
What can me paper msaa .
By talking Of the graceful brooks
Tha gandeE0 Ger thegneeng
And here's a { instead OF 7,
Winch makes the tipping MI
Wen seek the shaA, instead Of shade,
And bell, instead Of hnll
They look ~so-whatf I~recoIlecL
Twas swest, and then twas kind,
And now to think, the st1pld nOOI q
For bland has printed bllndi
Wa ever such provoking wOrk9
lis curious, byfhe-oy d.
g How anything Il rendered blind
By giving II an eye
Hast thou no tsarsq Ths ts1sn oAts
Hast thou no ears nstssdi .
hope that thou art dear, u put
IhOpe that thou art dead
Who ever saw In such q space
50 many blunders crammed3
Those gentle eyes. bedimmed, L. sped
Those gentle eyes oedAmmsd+
The color ofthe rosa fsnose;
Affection Is sfiiction;
I Wsndsr II the ken hold
In iact as well as well a. dic1fOns
Thou art a friend-thsr u gone
Whoever would w deemed
That such q trihing thing would chang
friend into q hend9
Thou art the same II rendered lame,
1t really Is too badi
a-Andhere, because an IFS out,
Ny lovely maid IS mad
They drove her blind by poktng In
- An eye-a process lew,
And now they've gouged IL cut agatH,
And made her crazy too.
Let's stop and Reapitulats-
I've damned her eyes, that's plains
"a. I've told her she's 1uuatfo,
And blind, and deaf, aud lamS.
Was ever such a hOrrid hash
In poetry or prose9
I've said abe was q hend, and praised
The color OF her nosef
wish I had that printer.
About q half q mfnute;
I'd bang him TO my hearts content,
And With an b begiuH -
TdJam his body, eyes and bones,
And spell 1t with q d,
And SEND him 70 that hill o fhts-
He spells 1t with N o.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

GREELEY says that the absolute ne
cessity for another Pacific road is de-
m~onstrated. Tom Scott was first to
recognize this absolute necessity, and
Greeley is a slow coach. Scott in
vests money, and Greeley empty
words, in the idea, and thus far, at
least, Scott is ahead as a Southern Pa
cifc railroad candidate for the Presi-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

GRANT is not half as wicked as
many people believe. He only
pledged himself to ''see that the reve'
nues ofthe country are faithfully col
Iected." he never promised that
when thus collected they should pass
into the Federal treasury. 1t is wrong
to charge him with violations o.
pledges he never made. e.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

HoNL G. C. LAMAR, ofOxtord Mis-
sissippi, n of the profoundest think
ers, as he is perhaps the most eloquent
and fascinating speakers Of the Union,
has been invited to discuss the rels-
tions of parties and the political ques-
lions of the day in Ohio. He will dis
charge the task with an effectiveness
and force that will be recognized
throughout the country during the
coming presidential campaign.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

Twas on an early day of June,
The hedges were In flower,
The redbud by b bonnie brook
Grew reddere every hour.
A red binIin its topmost bough
Was caTrolling in JOY,
Andbird and flower seemed glad asI,
happy dreaming boy.
We sat beneath the fragrant buds
Beside the running stream,
Each thought was joyous, we were blest
By loves first witching dream.
A sweet, sweet child there sat with me
That bright and bitssful morn,
With eyes of light nj form OF love
To perfect beauty born.
One soft, plump foot was in the branch,
Her dimpled hands lprestp
And down INTO her glowing eyes
saw the love-light rest.
Her little body pressed my HRn,
Our hearts "a TO one tug,
kissed her blushtng little lace
That soft, sweet day of June.
IpIaited IN her short brown hair
And mingled 1t with mine,
I oft caressed her cunning lace
And held 1t all divine.
Ibuttoned on her little gown
A~rouDdher dimpled neck,
And kissed 1t at the ~buttonhole
To brush away a speck.
Her crumpled apron we smOothed out,
Her hair again let down,
RegretfuIly / raised her up
And Strengthened out her gown.
We lett the little brook and bird
And redbud blooming there,
To act again h blissful scene
ReneaIb The cottage stair,
And thus my first love held my heart
And blessed II with her smile,
Our little breasts we're tul oflOTe,
Our spirits free from guile. i
February Ii, lS72. I
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

In HIS speech, published in the
APPEAL of yesterday, Mr.. Beck, OF
Kentucky, promised to give the eoun-
try during the next week a succinct
history Of the achievements OF Radical
governors of Southern States, People
who would delight in the perusal OF
the records Of Old Bailey will seek for
this vigorous, unsparing exposition Of
facts with that esgerness with which
Radicalism will devour the assertions
of the kukIux committee.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18
WALL STREET mOEALs AND TEN
ms rnr NEssEE BONDS.

ES8 B0EDS.
Wall street people T sensitive on
a point of hOnor-not OF personal
honor. Nobody suspects that who
witnesses frauds prscticed there every
day. But Wall street has an exag-
gerated sense of public honor, con-
stantly intensified as that of personal
honor is lessened in force. If a Wall
street banker issue his paper for aspe-
cihe purpose and so advertise the fact
at the time in all the newspapers, and
write this purpose on the face of the
paper Issued, and the obligation be
diverted from its object and misap-
piled, he would never think OF paying
such a conditional note. The courts
would not force payment, and honor
and right would not exact it. Ten
nessee issued bonds to railroads as
written on their face, and the very
law creating the bonds prohibited
their sale for less than their isee value,
and there was g a dealer in Wall
street who did not know that these
Tennessee rsilroad bOads were He
gslly sold and that no moral or legal
obligation rests upon the State to pay
them. Those who sold these bonds
and those who bought should settle
the matter. If the State enact
laws as a Joke, and never intends
that they should be obeyed,
IL should disregard the statute pro.
hibiting the sale Of railroad bonds at
less than their face value. Tennessee
would be disgraced If she failed TO pay
what she agreed to pay, and would
only pander to the selhshness Of
Inavesif she pay in violation Of her
own laws, thus rendering solemn en-
ailments farcical platitudes Of legisls-
ton. These are plain statements of
plain facts, and yet no Tennesseean is
willing TO see paper remain unpaid
having appended 70 it the seal Of the
State, and signed even by Brownlow,
for whose acts The people ofTennessee
are responsible in nothing. But there
is no T~ennesseean who would not pay
the tax required TO extinguish the
bonds rather than have them hawked
about at sixty-hve cents by sanity,
p~harisaieal thieves in Wall street.
The people would pay much more
cheerfuliy, however, If they could see
the rascals that stole these bonds
standing, like the bOnds-on nothing
and pulling hemp. Wall street specu-
lators should growl and weep less,
and they will fare better, since there
would then be fewer references toi
these facts.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

THE legislature Of Mississippi,
though it cost the people $500 per
day, spends six days Cumming
roand." Anew of the members came
to Memphis; but two.thirds of the
iIlustrious body celebrated Msrdi
Gras in New Orleans. These were
the cheapest days for taxpayers
known since Radicalism seized the
reins of supremacy in Mississippi.
Mardi Gras celebrations are of uni
versal aceeptability-a blessing at
home and abroad. -
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18
SPIRlTBA.Isa

The f'diVisiOns of Professionalism
have long been a subject OF profound
speculation, not only to those persons
who feel inclined to take Bossuet's
notions of the causes thereof, but
among the most arFant hereties and
disbelieVeTs. 1t was MormOnism,
however, which tempted our great
DR.. ]. P. Newman into the field of
theological polemics and made him
almost noted therein as is DR.. John
Henry Newman in another field.
What the people of the United States
may be coming to in this regard is
past finding out. DR.. Newman at
present is chaplain OF the senate, but
why he should be SO is only known to
our President, ( whom, by lecturing
and making all sorts Of speeches, ne
seems to have done great service.
Bal here is another candidate in the
person of Mr.. A. j. Davis, whose
claims to that position are certainly of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, as no onecan
fail to believe who has read the re-
ports OF the recent trial o yauDg Mr.,
SproUl. Not only has Nj. Davis dis
covered the Sixth Zone, which, when
times are more favorable, may be an
nexed to the United States, but he has
at his back 9,000, 600 who believe as
he believes. AS he recently showed
in a speech at Washington, the nu-
merieal strength of spiritualists IN the
United States is as follows;
Adult persons converted from
disbelief in immortality by the
test manifestation ........-....... 4,000, 900
Adult persons converted fromin-
difference and doubt by the
ideas of spirituslism -....-...... 1.000, COO
Adult persons converted from or
binary rstionalism by the hsr.
monisl philosophy..---.-..... I,600,O00
Adult persons converted from
hell. fire orthodoxy by spirit
usl manifestations etc ......... 200, 900
Adult persons converted from
despair and fear of death by
sp~iritualism ......... ............. 1,2Oo, GOO
Total very nearly ...............a.-9,OO coo, 900
Certainly this show Of strength
shovld entitle the great animapCstle
to whatever emOIuments and glory
may be attached to the Office of chap
lain of the Senate. 1t is to be doubted
that even DR.. j. p. Newman could
show such a following.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-18

MosT Of Grants party in the South
will be in the penitentiaries, unless
there be a great reform movement, be-
fore the presidential election. VS.
make this suggestion to prevent the
necessity of naming the Southern
States IN those interminable tables
which politicians are in the habit of
compiling once every four years, and
which contain no more truth than the
statistics of battIefelds filed as war
records.