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ONE COLEMAN AND BAGGAGE
RMASHFRa


The APPEAL reproduced some time
ago, from the Atlantic Montllg, an arti-
ele which proposed to reeite decision
Of some high court, by which it was de-
termined that a passenger on a railway
buying ticket for a gwen distance
could travel that distance in any direc.
ton, at any time, and between any
Points-whateveF on the road. No such
decision was ever made. On the con-
trary, the court decided every point in
the case against the plaintiff, Coleman.
except that his assertion that he was
handled too roughly when pitched head
long from the train by half a
dozen brakemen, led by a lightning
conductor, was sustained. The railroad
was compelled to pay for this damage
done the adventurous and amiable Cole
man. The unhappy Coleman claimed
that a ticket from New York to New
Haven was good from New Haven to
New York. The court said, g. Not bit
Of it, Mr.. Coleman He claimed that
his seizure and election from the train
when he refused to pay (having a ticket
on which he proposed 70 travel back
ward, was entirely proper. This was a
terrible wound to the Intellectual vanity
CT Coleman, DO which a kind-hearted
jury administered a salvo by declaring
that too much reughness was admins
tered TO the recalcitrsnt Coleman, when
he was dumped by baggage and car
smashers on a platform. The atlantic
Monthly has been used by Coleman as a
vehicle for a mass Of inane stuff, which
by ingenious veri-similitdde has misled
multitudes. It should correct the
error and publish the truth.
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WOOD WANTED,

BY the destruction Of thirteen barges
filed with coal, to the extent of two
hundred and fifty thousand bushels, the
city is almost destitute of coal. Indeed,
there is not a supply sufficient for two
days on hand. Even the gas companies
are said to be short, and fears are
entertained that the city will be
left in darkness. Wood, toe, is scarce.
In fact, Memphis is threatened with a
fuel famine. Not being near coal
mines, and having no other recourse,
We are constrained to appeal to wood
men in the surrounding country, and
urge upon them to send wood
to Memphis as fast as pos
sible, and be well assured
it will command a ready market and
good prices. We understand that wood
at Raleigh is selling for only three dol
lars per cord, while here it is worth nine
dollars, and may be, before the week
closes, worth twelve dollars. In the in
terest Of the poor, who are not
able to lay in fuel for the
winter, and are forced to buy as they
can, We urgo that all who have wood to
sell send it in and relieve our city of the
pressure, as -. N" would call it, and
save us from Tie impending fuel famine.
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ARKANEARA

The muddle " over the river" grows
muddlier. The Senatorial contest is
like TO produce a state of things that the
best friends Of Arkansas scarce dared
hope for. We hear of Investigations of
the mode of conduct of the late elections
before Judge Caldwell, Of the United
States District Court, after the style of
those recently had in New Orleans,
whereby Pinchbeck and his motley
crew were put in possession of Louisiana,
and win be enabled to control the cleo
ton Of a Senator. We are among those
who loudly protested against this sort of
interference in the results of elections
by the United States, not only because
it was a fragrant violation of the rights
of the States, but was likely to lead to
just such glaring injustice as the best
citizens Of New Orleans have earnestly
and dignifiedly protested against. We
are still Of that mind. But ait is an
i'll wind that blows nobody any good"
AAN AA-CAANestGlF III " AAsA4AABAC anu ul4-
interference with the in
ternal affairs of Arkansas by a United
States Court, if conducted fairly, is like
~ to result in bringing out the Truth,
and returning one or two Conservatives
10 Congress, and so altering the COM
plexiOn of the Legislature as to in
sure the election of perhaps a
Conservative to the United States Sem
ate, or, in default thereof, of Republic
can Of the Dorsey or Mcdonald pattern
respectable and honest,
without faint of carpetbaggery, and
anxious for the good Of the State with
which they are identified. If this is to
De the result Of the proposed investiga- |
ion by the United States Judge, while |
We shall protest against and regret it as
/ violation of a fundamental principle /
IF our form Of government, that regret |
sill be mitigated in degree by the |
that it is to result in so
much Of good as is suggested above to
he Cl9ytOn-riddpD DPODla of ArlxsDSas-
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THE FIRST HORROR.
Particulars ,f the Railroad Accident on
the Buffalo, Cory and Pitts
burg Road.
Thirty Persons Killed and Seyeaty-liVe
ROundet-A Holocaust Of HUI
man Beings.

| From the CininnnaG Enquirer
BUFFALO, December IA terrible
accident occurred at one o'clock to-day
on the Buffalo. Cory and Pittsburg
road, better known as the Crosscut, run
lining from Cory to BrOeton, and con-
Meeting with the Lake Shore at the
latter point. The train to which the
accident occurred was due 1t BroetOn
/ in time TO connect " it'll the day ex-
press sof the Lake Shore, reaching
here at half-past five in the evening.
In crossing a trestle-bridge, about
two miles south of BroetOn, the engine
Jumped the track and went off the
bridge, carrying the baggage-cars and
two passenger-cars, which made up the
train. The train took fire from the en-
CINE and eaI-stoves, and together with
the bridge were burned. The baggage
and mails are reported saved. Among
the wounded three-fourths are consid-
cred seFioEaily injured. The trestle-
bridge is about thirty-five feet high. The
baggage and one passenger-car We're
thrown of, and from, at present, an I'M
known cause, though probably broken
wheel. In the two ears it is estimated
there were seventy passengers, and
every one OF them were either killed or
wounded. The engine passed over
safely. The train took fire, and both
cars, with the baggage and mails, were
burned. 1t is known that fully
thirty persons were either killed or
burned to death, and the probabilities
are that the death list viii foot up over
forty. The conductor is fatally injured,
and has beea taken to Westfield. Three
bodies have been removed, but have not
been recognized. Many are so badly
burned that it will be impossible to re-
cOgnize them. The train was in charge
of conductor Flanders, and was due at
BroctOn atfour O'Clock. The point where |
the accident occurred was at the foot of |
a heavy grade, though the train was
running slowly.
BUFFALO, n. Y, December PSI 80 /
a.m.-The following are the killed by |
the railroad accident this afternoon, so |
far as recognized: Mark Haight, of Broc-
ton; VIM. Osborn, of WestfieId; Mr.. Bell,
of Sherman; Frank Taylor, of CORY;
Mr.. Malone, the roadmaster, and i.
Bacon, of BrOctOn. There are still ten
men, four women and one child among
the unrecognized dead. Sixteen of the
wounded are at the Arnold House,
where every care is being taken and
everything being done to relieve their
terrible sutierings. The Conductor is
just alive, and cannot survive long. He
says there were fOrty-two persons on the
train. OF these only six were not Sc
verely hurt. The cause of the accident
was broken wheel on the tender.
Among the injured are J. Cowley, of
the Philadelphia and Erie railroad; w.
II. Tichnor, Titusville, badly. Orville
Swift, of the firm of Halls, Swift & Co,
Insurance, is among the missing.
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rpInrmIcs nr ,rrsroRrunI

Crimes and disasters never come sing
ly; they come in battalions. We have
periodical returns Of accidents, and cpl
denies Of crime and railroad catastro-
Plies. There has scarcely been a lapse
OF twenty-four hours during the past
week in which the telegraph has not
flashed the sickening details of massa-
eres. The truth of the old adage it new
er raias but it pOurs, has been most pain
fully exemplified within the last week.
Since the great fire at Boston, We hear
of conflagrations in every direction, and
there appears to US to be little room for
doubt that when a crime omewhatmore
horrible than usual Genes to light, peo-
ple 81 once set themselves most assidu-
ously at work attempting TO dis
cover another Of like nature.
The whole community is on the Qta
UiUe; the police force becomes more
active-in short, all the forces Of society
are directed into a certain channel for
short period. The exploits Of one muir
derer lead to the discovery of another;
the dOings of a ROsenzweig make physi-
clans look more carefully into the cir
attending death. The pub
fishing Of the knsvery of lot Of New
York politicians induce the citizens of
other places to search into the dOings of
their own local governments. 1t is in
this manner that SO many crimes of the
same complexion come to light about
the same time. The public mind is for
a few days filled with one subject, and
the consequence is that many things are
brought into the radiance Of day that
would otherwise have been kept in the 1
Dbseurity of night But this explana- !
ton does not apply to anything but
crimes; il does not account for the /
endemic Of misfortUnes. Boiler explo- /
;ions are not to be discovered; they /
need no searchingout. Neither does the
burning Of cities and villages require ex-
watchfulness to be made
public. Yet there is no reason to sup
pose that Providence goes out Of its way
o work these evils. they are due to
purely human causes. Unless a uniform
is kept on such things as
he quality of the machinery of vessels,
nd on the conduct Of railway officials,
here must be disasters. If a spirit Of
enters into the manage
nent of inspection bureaus, steamboat
nd railroad companies, then there viii
e what are called accidents" 1t is
of the human mind to be-
ONE less careful about what it is doing
he longer it continues to do it. If not
reminded Of their response
ility, officials of all sorts will in time
eglect their duties. When something
readful happens through such neglect,
ley will return to their former vigil
nee, and everything viii 60 well for a
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THE .sUByERsIG'S OF STATE GOV
ERNMENTs.


The moment the Radicals of LOuisi-
ana called on the President for aid, he
rushed pell-mell Into the support Of the
negro Pinchback; but it is evident that
when Brooks, Of Arkansas, calls for aid,
Grant viii slink away. 1t is net credit
able to the administration at Washing
ton that it was prompt TO lend its aid TO
the representative Of the Republican
party in Louisiana the instant its assist
'anee was invoked in the struggle with
the opposition, and that it refuses to re-
spond to a like appeal from Arkansas
when il comes from the other side in
that State The President should
either undo his work in Louis
lana, OF do the same work
in Arkansas. But the President. can
perform his duty by letting the States
aloae. The great bulwark Of popular
liberty ina this country is the preserva-
ton Of the State governments. So long
as these are intact and in the exercise Of
all their normal fractions, the rights of
the citizen cannot be irremediably.en-
eroached upon 10y the central govern
meHt The advocates Of a paternal,
centralized government understand this
fact and fully realize that there is no
clancs for the success Of their schemes
until the various Salte governments are
deprivedo Of their just powers. This ac-
counts for the frequent interference
Of the general government in the
domestic affairs of the States-first. 10 I
familiarize the people with such inter |
ference, and second, to establish preee-
dents for still graver assaults upon those
States which show any signs Of resist |
ance- To this end We may trace the /
whole policy Of Southern reconstruction. !
The same principle mderlies and fur
nislles the motive for the recent inter-
ference Of General Grant in the affairs
81 Alabama and Louisiana. In the last
named State the President and bis
Attorney-General usurp the power 10
supervise the ballots Of the people, and
put into the Office Of Governor. by 4
TIC aL4 "a 1ONOie1 gay ohSlsi person
who was not even a candidate, aud
did not receive single vote in the
whole State. When a committee Of
citizens representing the intelligence
and integrity Of the people Of Louisiana
Telegraph tothe President their desire
70 visit Washington and present to him
their side Of the case, they are answered
that they need not come, for the Presi-
dent has made his decision, which viii
not be reconsidered, and it viii he best
lof fhsna 70 submit Next we hear that
b ,,.ted states troops have seized and are
Iloldlae state arseaal and the State /
.roDe thereini Such are the
we see daily and {,
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The following by Telegraph Every Day:
Proceedings Of Congress.
Proceedings Tennessee Legislature,
Proceedings Arkansas Legislature,
Proceedings Mississippi Legislature,
News Embracing Everything Of Interest.

In a word, as a great newspaper, the APP
PEAL viii have no superior IN the Southwest.
The Daily VIII bt the history OF the world for
one day and the Weekly will contain every
thing that will interest-the country readers.
Believing the advancement Of our common
industrial, commercial and agricultural pros
perity, to be the chief end of genuine Journal
ism, the APPEAL VIII make these paramount
objects.
Every county and town of prominence
should have COOL papers. The APPEAL does
not propose or desire to supplant or interfere
with the weekly country papers. On the con-
trary, it win club with them on the most lib
eral terms, and &C cooperate with them for mu-
tual protection, aid in all plans for advancing
the newspaper fraternity, the prosperity of
the country, and the welfare OF the people.
In politics the APPEAL viii remain Gemo-
cratic or Conservative, and, IN elections in
vOlving political issues, it. viii support the
candidates who favor its views, from an abid-
ing faith in the power OF organization to ac-
eoIaplish good results, and n belief that the
party's viii When honestly expressed and
crystalized in a domination, is the best ex-
preston Of its effective power.
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Attachment Notice

m; a mcclellan vs.. 3. b. Fraine- F{aso-.
James Han, j. p. for SheI5,- 1or--,-, -- ore
1 = tne above named suit affidavlf 1,.--7-
= 9een made for attachment, under ss~ti,,,s,
ant ~ sls Sosie OK 4eIinesses, that the lieiepd
49, az = Justly Indebted to the pIsisrTfT ~.
sls sum o. slxty-seven d0ilars So. iT- - -
tach1nent having been isyl4es{ ~ -. = =. =
- - 1llSu ~ lns proper Oflcer, levied. ere.
= Is therefore ordered, That ne ,irf'sl,.I.,-.
appear before me, at NY aafra - s..-~,-l
street. Memphis, Tennessse. "a tfls ~, ~,
esLn Der 1ef2, az 70 o'clock an. ana .ff..r
.nls suit or the sa1ne VIII BE- pr0caesirsf 1r1il
7 t15taiieQ once q week, tur lour eansaer.tf,sr
weeks, IN the Memphis Daily "A Dpeai -
Hu-o JAMES HaT.Tr "a
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Gath, the Washington correspond
ent Of the Chicago Tribune, writing Of
the attack upon McComb by Brooks,
Member Of Congress from New York
city, and editor Of the cypress, says
He mas given proportions 70 the
charges. He has reduced his own per
sonal stature and proves in Congress.
He has disproved nothing" And then
''To compare Mr.. McConlb
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hourly put upon a sovereign State for
Die sole purpose ofsustaining the friends
of the administration, and showing TO
the people the impudence and arrogance
of the central government. This meas
ure to Louisiana to-day may be melted
out to Tennessee tomorrow. Our only
safety is in a manly protest against the
usurpatiOn non and at all timesi
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REMOVAL.
GENERAL CONFUSION MEBqaANT.
Attachment Notice.

J. M. I1ghe & Co. vs.. II. Eaufman-Fefora
James Hall, ]. 2. for Shelby county, Tenn
" the above named suit afddaVit HAVING
i been made for attachments, under secffoS
800 Of the Code Of Tennessee, that the DEFEND
ant is q nonresident OF the state OF Tonnes
see, and L justly indebted TO the plaintiff in
and nine cents {sli9 OBJ, due BY account, and
That the claim Is just, and an attachment
having been issued by me and returned BY the
proper officer, levied, ETC.;
10 Is therefore ordered, That the defendant
appear before me, at my office. $50 Second
street. In Memphis, tennessee, OF the 3lst day
OF December, 1872, at 10 o'clock am. and de-
lend this suit, or the same VIII be proceeded
with expartei and that a copy OF this notice
be published once q week, Tor four conseca-
tive weeks, In the Memphis Daily Appeal
les JAMES HAIL. p
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DAILY AND WEEKLY
APAPER FOB THE PEOPLE

EB The MEMPHIS APPEAL is now thor
oughly identified with the people of Tennes-
see, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. It
has been in existence thirty-twO years, and
popular as II as heretofore been, the present
proprietOrs are determined 10 render II still
more worthy Of its past history, and of the
confidence which the public repose in 1t. Its
circulation and general patronage is now
nearly double that which It has enjoyed at
any time during its long career; lat we de-
sign, during tie year 1873, TO extend its field
and TO increase its usefulness. This we expect
to do by publishing
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A LII persons inhibited TO the estate Of Aleis
IA S fylor, deceased, are desired 10 come
forward iulrnedlateiy and make payment;
and those having z. aims against IL are hereby
notified 70 present them 10 myself or my at
tOrneys, within thti time required by law, or
they Will be forevelI barred.
Mrs. ANNA BAYLOR,
Adm'x OF Aiois Saylor, deceased.
Warriner q Lee, Attorneys, No. Is Madison
street. moo
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NOTICE.

OFFICE OF CITY TAX COLLECTOR,
" MEMPHIS, Tenn, December Is, 1872
SzSr City taxpayers are earnestly requested
to come forward and settle their accounts, as
taxes viii be declared PAST DUE on the LIST OF
January, 1873. The General Council at their
last meeting, instructed the Tax-Collector to
issue WARRANTS against all DELINQUENrs
and seize PERSONAL PROPERTY to satisfy the
amount due for the year 1877.
FELIX W. ROBERTSON,
de9D City Taxi Ol lectOr.
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NOTICE.

HAVING been duly appointed Admins
III TRAITOR OF the estate Of James H. spain,
deceased, by the Probate Court OF Shelby
county, Tenn, at the December term, 1872, all
persons are hereby notified TO file with me or
my attorney, r. @. Williamson, No. S73 Main
street, within the time prescribed by law, all
accounts and demands against said estate, or
the same viii be forever barred; and ali per
sons indebted TO said estate are requested 70
come up and settle with me at once.
DELI 2tsw W. II. EADER, 354 Second ST.
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Every Kind OF Political Intelligence.
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NOTICE
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OPIUM AND MORPHINE
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NOTICE.

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rERMls FOR 1878.


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ENOB economy in fuel, durability in metal,
Il cleanliness and ease Of management, there
Is nothing superior.
warm AIR Furnaces are for hea Halls,
Dwellings, Churches and Stores.
Cooking Ranges are for Dwellings, Res
taurants and Hotels.
wETTER q Co, Sole Agents,
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-27
A PROCLAMATION
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.

BY THB PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED sTATRW
OF AMERICA.
WHEREAS, The act OF Congress approyeT
June 20, 1868, constituted on and after that
date, eight hours a days work for all labor
ers, wOrkmen aud mechanics employed bv
or on behalf of the government Of the. Uni
ted States;
And whereas, On the nineteenth dav Of
May, IN the year one thousand eight hun
dred and sixtynine, by executive procla-
nation, it was directed that from ard after
that date no reduction should be made, i'm
the wages paid by the government bV the
day to such Iaborers, wOrkmen, and me-
chanics on account of such reduction of the
hours of labor;
And whereas, 1t is now represented to me-
that tho act Of Congress and the proolamA-
ton aforesaid have not been strictly OBJ
served by all officers of the governments
having charge OF such laborers, workmen.
and mechanics;
Now, therefore, |, Ulysses s Grant, Presl-
dent OF the United States do hereby again,
call attention to the act of Congress afOre-
said, and direct all officers of the executive
department OF the government having
charge OF the employment and payment OF
labor0rs Workmen, OF mechanics employed
by or on behalf of the government Of the
United States to make no reduction in the
wages paid by the government by the day
W sucA iaDoEeEs Wofkmen, ana mechanics
on account Of the reduction Of the hours OF
labor.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
eleventh day of May, in the year of ouE
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sew
enty-two, and of the independence Of the
United States the ninety stxth
U. s. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMTTToN E'rrrr C,4.4
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duly ratified on both parts, and the respee-
tive Publications of the Same have been ex-
changed:
Now, therefore. be it known. that /,
Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said
convention to be made public, to the end
that the same, and every clause and article
thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with
good faith by the United States and the
citizens thereof
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to affixed
Done at the city of Washington this
eighth day OF February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sew
enty- two, and of the independence of the
United States of America the ninety-sixth,
U. s. GRANT.
By the President;
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State