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FRENCH JUSTICE.

The agents to two Belgian starch
makers, reports the British Trade JOurGI,
with several wholesale and retail gro
GERS, have Just been prosecuted before
the Paris court of correctional police for
selling rice starch adulterated in the
proportion of from ten to twenty-fOur
per cent. of potato -four and plaster-of-
paris. A singular point in the ease was
that the charge was brought, not by the
government or by purchaser, but by a
French starch-maker, on the ground of
unfair competition, he pretending that
his trade was prejudiced by the low
price at which the spurious article was
sold. He also claimed one hundred
thousand francs as damages. The pack
ages ofstarch supplied by the Belgian
defendants bore an English label, with
the words "Rice Starch" or "English
National Rice Starch,n and the British
royal arms. The court condemned the
agents to two months imprisonment
each, and fifty francs fine; the French
wholesale dealers, who appear to have
been aware that the starch was adulter-
sted, to one month each, and a similar
penalty; also four retailers to 81 fort
nights Imprisonment and the same
fine. The Judge said that, ever had the
retailers not been informed of the quail
ity of the article, which appears to have
been the case, they would have been
still liable. The question of damages
was reserved.
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nIRrCr

The Exposition Building, which dur
ing the past week has been admired so
much by thousands OF the best people
from the adjoining country, has already
been felt by our people as a quiekening
influence in all branches Of trade.
Among the first to respond to this we
are able to mention the great dry goods
house Of B. Lowenstein & Bro, who
yesterday received avery large impor-
tation Of goods direct from Europe, the
customs duties on which were paidhere.
We believe this is the first direct
Importation of dry goods ever
made into Memphis, upon which
the duties We're paid to our Gus
toms-ohicer. It embraces laees, silks,
Irish linens, French hosiery and trim
mings of all sorts, samples Of each Of
which WILDE on exhibition next week
in the windows of the emporium, corner
Of Maine and jefferson, and in the beau
tiful case this firm has in the EXPOSE
ton Building. We are proud of the en-
terprise thus exhibited by B. LOwen-
stein & Bro, and make especial mem
ton of it in this department. Of the AP-
PEAL because it is exceptional, and
worthy of all praise and commentator.
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We find in the Methodist
an entertaining article on honorary de-
grees; and some amusing instances are
given at the facility with which these
alphabetical distinctions are obtained.
One gentleman was made a D.. d. be-
cause he generously volunteered TO su-
%perirtend the grading Of the college
campus. Another offered to beuue9th
to a college his library, on condition
that heshOuld receive the same honor.
He was dOct0red some wears ago. but is
still lively, so that the college may be
obliged to wait not a little longer for the
books. There is a story Of a person who
wrote to a college for a I'D. D. adding
that be only wanted it as a stepping
stone to ILL. Dr. We are happy to
say the impudent request of the man,
who was not even an a. B., was not
granted. Two years ago tone Of our
colleges received an offer from q man
high in position to sell for them any
number Of honorary degrees at prices
makingl it an inducement to accept
the offer. The prices fixed upon were
LII D., from three hundred to five hun
dred dollars; D.. d., from fifty to one
hundred dollars; A. NJ, from twenty
i've to fifty dollars. The ease is given
OF a man who was recommended tor an
honorary degree by Bishops and Doctors
Of Divinity. His letter Of acceptance,
about one page in length, contained six
misspelt words and one or two mistakes
in grammar. A late writer asserts that
there are not more than twenty-five
persons in the country who are worthy
Of the degree OfLL D., and not more
than q hundred fit to be made Doctors
of Divinity, while in fact there are two
hundred Of the former and more than
two thousand of the latter. ''The first
degree says one writer, "has been Civ
eight times too frequently, and the
second more than twenty times" 1t is
suggested that this abuse might be re-
formed, first, BY granting no degrees
without examination; Second, by leav-
ing the Doctorate of Laws entirely to
the law schools, and that Of Divinity to
the divinity schools, reserving the Mas
ter OF Arts degree and that Of Doctor Of
Philosophy for the colleges. 1t is urged
that with just as much propriety the
colleges might give the degree Of N. D.
as that OLD. d. or Ii. D.
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PPEAL- oCTOBER Il. ~.
ARrEsIAN wAILs IN rpAHo.

We see by the Idaho Press that arte-
sian wells are 10 be resorted TO IN that
territory for irrigation purposes and sup
ply Of water for the towns. The valleys
and plains Of that Territory are well
suited 10 agricultural purposes in every
respect, except q supply OF water. The
spring rains and melting of the SHOWS
are all they have 10 depend upon for the
season. With water, the plans would
blossom Ike the rose,D and the soil
produce an abundance Of grain, grass
aud vegetables. The soil Of the large
valleys that are 50 destitute during the
hot summer months is really better than
that Of Utah-Which is 50 well adapted
TO agriculture when properly irrigated.
The Idaho basin, with plenty Of water,
would yield the fine fruits, and produce
the best varieties, and in great abun-
dance. Some experiments have been
made by enterprising parties who have
located small farms where they could
supply themselves with water from a
river or large springs, and the result has
been satisfactory. The citizens Of b Disc
City have been devoting their attention
within a fey weeks to the artesian well
system. They have experienced some
trouble and drawbacks from employing
incompetent men, and been put to I'M
necessary expense. The Standard gives
the citizens a piece of advice TO this eff
feet: Try it again, and succeed, and
thus get back the money now apparent
ly thrown away. 1t is your only chance
TO get even" The Queen River valley,
and all the valleys north of Snake river,
are rich in soil and climate, and with
plenty of water would make fine farm
ing lands, and afford pleasant homes to
the agricultural citizens of Idaho. Sew
eral wells have been dug in al these
valleys, and water is usually obtained at
t~wenty-nine or thirty feet below the sur
face. The Artesian Well Company, now
operating at Boise, do not seem t. IN
derstand the process Of drilling, whereas
the press Of the city advise them "not
to get the cart before the horse 50 often.'
No doubt the successful sinking Of the
wells, and a bountiful supply Of water,
will yet reveal the labors that are now
being made under difficulties.
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AUTUMN.


October winds are softly signing
Through the stately oaks and pines,
Autumn Leaves are wildly living
As all nature nov declines:
But brightly through the branches
Breaks a slantng autumn sun.
And CHIPPING through the thinning bushes
See the swallow hOmeward come.
As watch decaying nature
That surrounds u rural home,
Reyel in these autumn glOrtes,
Listen TO the soft wind moan.
See the cav from green to golden
Change their summer hue and fail,
The flowers fade. the branches Wfther.
II seems the common lot OF all"
In life we find a ieeting spring-time.
Rife with faucys widest dream.
But giving early place to summer,
h1ch with ripened beauties TEEN;
Then comes autumn. sober autumn,
Roses scattered, hopes decayed,
When spring dreams and summer beauties
With LIES flowing fancies fade.
But the peusive sad reflections,
Musings on those autumn days,
Imparts to me a saddened pleasure,
surrounds our life with gentle haze,
Takes a. through the faded flowers,
Crushed aud scattered meath our tread.
Leads us.thrOugh fOrsaken bowers,
shows US nature w~1thered-dead.
oak Lawn, October Is, 1877.
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A TENNESSEE BELLE IN ITALY.

Lake Como Letter TO the Philadelphia Bull
letin.l
The Princess Marguerite admires Miss
Polk very much. She often says play
fully if she were q man she should fall
in love with her. On Mondayshe talked
a great deal win our beautiful American
belle. The Prince also entered into the
conversation sometimes, and when he
and the Princess regretted Miss Folks
projected visit to America this winter,
Prince Humbert said playfully he should
issue an order prohibiting her from leav-
ing the country. As the Princess Mar
gueTite admired Hiss Folks toilet, /
must give it among the rest Of my chit
JOas. The long iounced skirt and over
dress were Of white null, with dark blue
velvet sash and bows; a blue velvet
Jacket, trimmed with broad white point
lace, hung over her arm; at her belt was
a rocco chatelaine set with rock tur-
qu0ises and garnets, with enameled
chains for fan, scent-bOttle, poTtemOn-
maize, parasOl, etc., each of which was
OTnamented in rocco, as the ehatelaine.
She wore n Spanish hat of blue velvet,
with long blue and white ostrich plumes;
her splendid chestnut hair, which is all
her own, was let down in long, rich
loops on her neck. CHOW pretty your
hair is said the Princess Marguerite,
with the ndieUete of a girl. 81 wish l
had worn mine so to-day. 1t is always
the most becoming style. But l had it
put up high on account Of tie fashion,
and it is not half 10 nice.n The Princess
Marguerite also has beautiful hair of her
own, and very naturally likes to show
its richness and length.
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now.
BY cHAREs NACKAT.

b venerable Past is past;
T1sdark, and shines not in the way;
Twas good, no Doubts gone ct last
There dawns another day.
Why should we sit where ivies creep,
And shroud ourselves in channels deep,
OF The worlds yesterdays depl0re
Mid crumbhHg ruins NOISY boar?
Why should we see with dead mems eyes,
Looking AZ Was from morn to night,
When the beauteous Now the divine To Be,
Woo with their charms our living sights
Why should We hear but echOe dull
When the world Of sound, SO beautiful,
VIII give US music Of our own
Why in the darkness should we grOpe,
hen the M in heavens resplendeut cop
shines as bright as ever il shones
The Present needs us. Every age
BeQueaths the next for heritage
No lazy luxury or delight,
But strenuous labor for the right:
For Now, the child and sire OF Time.
Demands the deeds OF earnest men
make IL better than the past
And stretch the cirle oftts ken.
Now is q fact that men deplore,
Though il might bless them evermore;
Would they but fashion il Alright,
lis ever new, It's ever bright.
Time nor Eternity hath seen
A repetition Ofdelight
In all its phases; ne'er hath been
For men OF angels that which tg:
And that which is hath ceased To be
Ere we have breAthed it, and It's place
Is lost in the eternity.
Blu Now Is ver good and fair,
OF the Indnitude the heir,
We Of IL. 50 let US live
n from the Past We maj receive
Light for the NOw-frOm Now a 10y
That Fate nor Time shall e'ere destroy.
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CONVICTION.

From an Occasional correspondent.
CoyINGToN, Tenn, October 25.-An-
drew johnson spoke here to-day TO
about one hundred and fifty people, who
received him indifferently enough.
They did not cheer him once, OF offer
any other significant tender of approx
al. Andy was d-ownhearted and crest
fallen, and looked like a man whom
Hope had deserted. He confined him
self, in his speech, to matters before the
war, and Wa 80 bitter as to disgust the
few present who felt friendly toward
him. He does not hope, he cannot, to
get more than one hundred votes in
Upton county. He very adroitly took
advantage u the existence of the Coun-
ty Fair here tu get an audience, else ]
very much doubt that be could have
had "a ~coryorars guard.U 1 really felt
sorry for The old man, and mentally
calculated, IS he finished, would that
he had remained in the mountains"
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JOHNSON.
What the Great Traitor to Democracy
Had to Say at Dyersbnrg, Boil.
a and C~ovihgton.
The People Have Cheers for Cheatham,
but None for the DisOrganizer.
Everywhere in West Tennessee He is
Pronounced a Dead Failure.
nYERsRuRe.


From an Occasional Correspondent.J
DYERsBURG, Tenn, October %, 1872.
The peoples" candidate for Congress
for the State at Large addressed the peo-
pie of D~yersburg this evening in speech
Of about three hours duration. About
two hundred and fifty persons had gath
cred at the courthouse-most of them
through curiosity-to listen to and look
upon the man who, after d~enoIncing
them as traitors, now asks them TO in
dorse his course by returning him TO
Congress, which they undoubtedly will
never do. was surprised to find that,
instead of fighting Radicalism, he bit
terly denounced Cheatham, Democrats
conventions and Democratic organiza-
tons. He compared our republic Withan-
cient Rome, in its rise and fall its progress
and decline, and thought that as Greeley
had a party, and Grant had a patty, the
people ought to have a party. He had
not heard " the peoples party, and
wanted 20 know If they really intended
to have none. de couldn't see that
Greeley's parry ana Grants party were
composed OF the people. 1t was q John
son people that he vas seeking for, but
he made q glorious failure in his search
for them in this part Of the country. He
told his hearers that the peoples wishes
were disregaTded, and that they should
no longer listen to conventions; they
were frauds, always looking to a mans
availability, andnot to his qualifications
or fitness for the position to which he
may aspire. He was qualified; he had
been President of the United States,
during which time he had been lenient
and merciful to the rebels. He forgave
them, aud if they still treasured anything
against him, they should act upon his
example, and extend to him their for
giveness. To err was human, but to
forgive divine. The people had no right
to censure him for having Mrs. Surratt
hung-they didn't know what they were
talking ~about-they reminded him of a
parrot just leaTningto say "Pretty POll,n
and they knew as much of what they
were talking about as the parrot.
During his speech he was frequently
interrupted by cheers for Cheatham,
but seldom a cheer for johnson. He
had evidently come to the wrong place,
though he could have found no field for
more extensive labor. The great major
ity of the crowd in attendance were en-
Enthusiastically for Cheatham. Two
thirds of the remainder were for May
nard. Neither of the other candidates
were present. johnson had left them
in the dark. His friends were disap-
pointed in his speech-it lacked much
of coming up to their expectations, and
did him little good.
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GOVERNOR HENDRICKs has written to
Washington that Greeley will certainly
carry Indiana. Letters of the same pur-
port, referring to Ohio, are published.
The extinction of the Blanton-Dunca
movement and villainies practiced by
Cameron's ring in Pennsylvania have
excited and aroused to vigorous action
the honest masses Of the North.
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For the Sunday Appeal


An army OF clouds has darkened the sky,
And the rain Is falling like tears
Soltly-like tears from asorrOWful eye
FROM a soul that 10 c5Ouied with cares;
And the air, like ms heart, Is chilled and cold
Upon all there seems % rest the mould
The loathsome mould Of weary yeans-
But behind those clouds the san still shines;
And the heavens are clear and blue;
And may II not be with the souit that pines
III thai souls but steadfast and true
all these sorrows viii but cleanse and
refine.
Tighten our h-earts-teach Us something d.
vine,
Oh, Cod II but faithful to Your
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THE CONDITION OF rHE soUru

Senator Alcorn, of Mississippi, in re-
sponse to an invitation addressed to him
by many of our best citizens, will dis
cuss political questions at the Exchange
Building tomorrow evening at half-past
seven o'clock. He viii speak of the re-
lations of the Southern States to the
Federal Government, and of the condi-
ton and needs of the people.
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For the Sunday Appeal.


sad and sober came october,
With green leaves tinged with gold
SOng-birds wander, breezes slumber,
In splenGOE all untold.
The yellow corn, 50 lately born,
Hangs pendant IN its glory;
The mantle gray, and the quiet day,
Tell winters dismal story.
Birds or brown have left the town
They sing in the yellow stubble;
Their Warbilng lays speak OF days
OF sunshine, not Of trouble.
a dim. low line, like peerless wine,
Floats in liquid splendOr,
And voices glad seem voices sad,
They sound 50 low and tender.
Sad and stately, born so lately,
Die these days OF virtuOus mien,
As human joys and human toys
Pass to the All-unseeu.
Memphis, Tenn, October 3, Is72.
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From an Occasional -Correspondentl
BOLIVAR, Tenn, October 2 .-Andrew
Johnson in his speech here on the
twenty-irst, spoke a good while about
"greenbacks;" said they were made a
legal-tender, and everybody had to take
them, dollar for dollar, the merchants
for their goods, the farmers for their pro-
duce, and mechanics for their labor,
but the bondholders were paid their in
terest in gold, that is to say the money
they received for their dues was worth
thirteen or fifteen cents more on the dol
lar, than that paid to disabled soldiers,
and widows of soldiers who drew pen
sions. Since then the Johnson men
here are circulating it about that Gen
eral Cheatham was in favor of the bond
holders being paid their interestin gold,
and it has injured him some. | have no
idea that tits true, and l don't think it
amounts to any thing, whether he is in
favor Of it or opposed to it, but still such
reports have their influence among GER
tain classes of people. You can do
something for General Cheatham's
cause by explaining this point to the peo-
pie.
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Go to the "Cities Of the Dead"
Where sleep our martyred braves,
And tell me, do your comrades all
Fill ignOminous graves2
Though dead, they live ia every breast
Where beat q noble heart,
Their honor lives, defend il boys,
And act a comrades part.
You viii not brand them traitors; you
Who battled side by side;
For Tennessee Bou fought and lived;
For Tennessee theE died,
Great God and has it come,to this
In proud old Tennessee,
To ask a cCmrade Of tine dead,
To brand with infamy
The memory Of her gallant sons
Who lie beneath her sod7
Their fame is all that Is left 10 a..
Their souls are with their GOD.
You viii defend il M and all;
Their noble deeds remember,
By voting for old honest Frank
For Congress next November.
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- oRLEAas - -.


Tom Scott went to New ans some
lime ago and stated that if the people
would furnish a million dollars he would
give the city immediate railroad COM
m~unication with Central and Northern
Texas, doubling the commercial wealth
and resources Of New Orleans, and lib
rating commerce from the supreme
mastery OF Morgan, the owner Of New
Orleans roads and steamship lines.
Seven hundred thousand dollars Of the
sum have been secured; but the spirit
and power Of New Orleans have been
broken, its public wealth squsndered,
its treasury robbed aud its people imPoy-
erished by intolerable taxation. Banks
and other private corporations have
made subscriptions, but the citizens Of
New Orleans have failed to cooperate
with them. They assert inability to dis
charge existing public burdens. Such
is the pitiable condition to which South
ern communities are reduced by the
ADAAAAAAAAlbA VI nANAANo anu INV
ing adventures controlling their votes.
It is stated that the sum total OF taxa
ton levied upon property in New Or
leans is seven per cent. upon assess
ments made by the tools Of those in au-
thority. Despite these facts, such are
the palpable ~exigencies Of the hour, and
50 imminent are dangers involving the
utter loss Of aIltrade with Texas BY its
diversion to st. Louis and Chicago
through the perfection Of railway lines
penetrating every portion Of the State
that the robbed, plundered, Overtaxed
people Of New Orleans assent to the im-
position Of the tax required to meet the
sxactions Of Tom Scott. II New Or
leans, woe-stricken and shorn Of pros
perity by knaves until the city itself
wears an aspect Of desolation and de-
cay, may incof indebtedness
to thwart the aims Of remote
cities Of the Northern Valley Of
the Mississippi, much more wisely
may Memphis, prosperous a never be-
fore, incur Indebtedness to maintain her
commercial supremacy in Arkansas, and
extend it over Western Missouri, Kan
sas, the Territories and Texas. Two
railway lnes-one extended to shreve-
port and another to Kansas Ciy-are
indispensable to the accomplishment Of
our purpose, and a million dollars may
be required, butt profit Of more than
ten millions will accrue from the invest
ment, and Memphis be made the gate
way for the wealth of a continent trans
ferred from ocean 70 ocean
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TIE APPEAL AND THE eoOD PEG


PIE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Rev. B. ". L. Butt, of Madison Sta
ton, Mississippi, pastor Of the Mound
Bluff Baptist Church, approving the
conduct Of the APPEAL and the plan it
suggested of providing for the three
hundred orphans of soldiers gathered at
L~auderdale Springs, makes remittance.
The plan grows steadily aud rapidly in
popular favor. For one dollar and fifty
cents sent to the APPEAL, and one dol
lar to the Orphans Home at Lauderdale
Springs, the weekly APPEAL for n
year is forwarded 70 any address. Or
by renting two dollars and fifty cents
to the APPEAL office, with instructions
to remit n dollar to the orphans, the
same results will be secured. If the
thousand churches OF Mississippi win
each take twelve copies of the APPEAL
the twelve thousand dollars required to
sustain the asylum through the year
will be secured. The APPEAL loses by
asserting to the terms defined, but the
rapid extension Of circulation growing
out of this arrangement win induce adj
vertisers to make up the loss otherwise
accruing to the publishers.