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COTrOX MARKETS OF THE WORLD.

NEW YORK. September Il, lO:lO a.m.-The
cotton market IS quiet Ordinary, l6hc;
good ordinary, lsEe low middllngd @esei
2l5s; Texas, 2lEc. Sales last evening, fu-
lures, 800 bales. Futures quiet; January,
- 3lS; February, nOlninally IL 1916; March,
3JIc; September. - Bloc; October, 1870; No
vember, nominaily IS3<c; December, 1S51c.
u nth cotton market is quiet; or
low middiing, 2g{c; middIing, 2iLc; Ala
bams, me; Orleans, 2l5sc; Texas 2lAsc. Sales
today, y bales; last evening, 65 bales. Flu
lures quiet, but steady; November, 1876.
1855 p.n-The cotton market is irregular;
ordinary, l6Lc; good ordinary, l9Ac; low mid
ding, 3esc; middling, 2lc; Alabama, H1kc;
spinners, POI bales; fures. 1O,OO0 bales. Sales
last evening, export Es bales; spinners, ia
bales. Futures quiet; September, 1850; De
cember, Is l5-lSc. Cotton on wharf and TO ar
rive, Ssa%c less.
Receipts Of cotton for one DAY at all
United states ports, 4l5G. bales; expOrts-tO
Great Britain, l4l7 bales; TO continent bales
stock, 2,S43 bales.
LIVERPOOL, September "a, Il 80 a.m.-Cot-
ton heavy; uplands, gfd; Orleans, l0Hd.
Sales to-day-91OO bales.
2p.mICotton heavy, middling uplands,
95sd; middliDg Orleans, l0Ld. Sales, 1000
bales; for export and speculation, 1000 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, September "A, il 30 am
The cotton market Is dull and nothing
doing; middling, 1870. No sales.
> p,m.-Cotton market is unsettled; low
middling, lSs9lSzc; middiing nominal.
ol4e-i A@B uaLtN. hECelptSs ~ Ddi6S.
NASHVILLE, September A.-Cotton quiet
and weak; low middling, nc.
CINCINNATI, September l4.-Cotton dull
and a shade lower; middling, DIec.
ST. LOUIS, September l4.-Cotton dull and
nominal; D%G2l.
LOUISVILLE, September H.-COtton is
steadier; low middllng, 1910.
MOBILE, September H-Cotton dull and
easier; good ordinary, I7L1I7Ie; low mid
dlings, lSzc; middlings, SIC; net receipts,
43S bales; sales, so bales; stock, 2SS bales.
SAVANNAH, September H.-Cotton, de-
mand regular; good ordinary, lie; low mid
dlings, IIsc; middiings, lS5Ec; net receipts,
ll7 bales; eIportS-coaSt-wise, 23 bales; sales,
G0 bales; stock, S6 bales.
CHARLESTON September 4-Cotton quiet;
ordinary, l89l61zc; good ordinary, lEz@lSc;
low middlings, lSZ9ls%c; middlings, lo5{c;
net receipts, l07 bales; exports-ooastwise, les
bales; sales, 100; stock, 5LS bales.
GALVESTON, September H.-COtton duh
and nominal; ordinary, I5c; good ordinary
1870; net receipts, 81 balse; expOrts-coast-
wise, HrB bales; sales, 10 bales; stock, 1000
haTa=
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Wednesday, the I'd Day of October, 1872,

within legal hours, the real estate in the
pleadings mentioned and described as follows:
a tract of land, situate in Shelby county,
granted to Thomss Talbot, grant No. $50. be-
ginning, for the part herein ordered TO be sold,
at a stake the southeast corner OF the Talbot
l00O-acre entry, from which south, l21ao east,
Is links is a sweet-gum marked TT; thence
west A chains, links to q stake, Bradshaw's
y w corner, from which north 80 east, y
links Is a Sweet-gum marked w b; thence
north % chains and 40 links TO a stake, from
which north so east, 9 linksis q small white
oak with two white oaks and one hickory
pointer; thence east A chains and 81 links to
a stake, from which south So west, 1 inks is
a dogwOOd or elm pointer; thence south 30
chains and 40 links to the beginning, contain
ing $50 acres more or less.
Also, another tract OF land, being part of
said lUOO-acre tract, and described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of the VIM.
Bradshaw tract, il being the southwest corner
Of the 81 43-lC0 acre tract in the division OF
the Talbot Tract for the HOpeield and Mem
pms Land lhence west AZ chalns
and % links with the southern boundary line
Of the Talbot Tract TO Loosa Hatchie river;
hem ~nOrthwardly with the meanderings of
said river to the southwest corner of division
OF said tract containing $50 acres; thence east
with the south line Of The last mentioned divi
sion p chains TO a stake in the western bound
airy line OF the said 81 1910 acres; thence
south with the said western boundary line %
chains and 50 link to the beginning, contain
2ng 70 lilo acres more or less.
Also the following described lands and town
lots, viz: Lot No. Z29, as known and designated
upon a plan OF the extension of the northern
part of the city of Memphis through the
property of w. 3. Greenlaw Il Co., j. l.. SAT
farans & Co, E T. Keel, Il. +. LOOney, and
others, surveyed by NJ. A. Kerr, April, 1856,
said lot frOnting "A feet inches on the west
side of sixth street and running back between
parallel lines at right eagles with said street,
l4S% feet to an alley q feet 9 inches wide, the
south line of said lot being the north line of an
alley 10 feet 6 inches wide.
Also, Lot No. 5, in Block No. Il, fronting 20
feet west of st. Martin street and running
back to the Bayou, the north line supposed to
be 33l feet, and the south line 2b feet more or
less.
Also, two lots on Adams street, in the city of
Memphis, known as Lots Nos. 23 and 264
the plan of said city, both together fronting
thirty-six feet on Adams street.
TERMS OF SALE: six (6) and twelve months
credit; purchasers required to execute notes
with approved security, and a lien retained
upon the property until the notes are paid.
Equity Of redemption barred. september l,
1872. JOHN H. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Beecher & Belcher, Gregory & Mcfarland,
Solicitors for ComplainantS. sci
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Nonresident Notice.

Not 59.-In the First Chancery Court OF Shell
by county, Teunessee.-J. +. Frank VS.. VIII
liam Patti ct al.
IT appearing from the bill in this cause,
L which is sworn to, that the defendant,
William Patti, is indebted to complainant in
the sum OF Sis %, evidenced by draft or bill
Of exchange for that amount with interest
from the LIST of January, 1865; that he is also
indebted to said complainant in the further
sum Of SS4 SO, due by open account; that said
William Patti and wife, l.. C.. Patt, and Joseph
Patti are non-residents OF the state of Tennes-
see. and residents and citizens of the state OF
Arkansas; and attachment having been regu-
larry issued TO the sheriff of Shelby county
and by him returned, levied on the property
of William Patt, etc.
It is therefore ordered, that they make their
appearance herein, at the Courthouse, in the
city OF Memphis, Tennessee, on or before the
first Monday in November, 1872, and plead,
answer or demur to Compartments bill or the
same will be taken for confessed as to them
and set for hearing exparte, and that a copy OF
this order be published once a week, for four
successive weeks, in the Memphis Appeal.
This September Z, 1872.
A cOpy.-Attest:
EDMUND \. COLE, Clerk and Master.
By E.. B. MCHESI;Y, d. C.. and NJ.
Vance, Anderson, Meriwether q Scales, Soils.
for Gpmnlainaut SCI sat
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PETITIONS.
Petition to Amend Charter.

No. 655, R.-First Chancery court Of Shelby
WHEREAS, The Southwestern Land Agency
Company, composed of the following named
Directors, c. q. Wexford, d. T. Porter. John
| +. Titus, John 7. StrattOn and ). h DunS-
comb has filed its petition in said court, pray
ing an amendment to the charter heretofore
granted it by the Tennessee Legislature, IN
this that the name OF said corporation Oe
/ changed to the Inventors Aid Association,
and that by that name they have succession
for thirty years; that they may contract and
he contracted with, sue and be sued, plead
and be implicated in all the courts OF law and
equity; also, have power to acquire hold ana
enjoy estate, in fee or otherwise, DOtn real
and personal; loan and advance money or
\ credit for the purpose of aiding inventors or
the owners of patent rights, to procure pat
I ents, build or make the articles invented 10
! sell the same, or the patent rights Tor cities,
all thing that they may think necessary Tor
the good of said Inventors Aid Association.
That they may have and use n common seal;
that the capitrl stock Of said Association
shall be one hundred thousand dollars, IN
| shares of fifty dollars, with the privilege OF
increasing the capital stock to nVe hundred
! thousand dollars. That the Board OF Dlrec-
tors shall consist of not less than three nor
more than ten members, in the election OF
which each share Of stock shall be entitled 10
one vote, TO be cast either in person or by
proxy. For more full particulars reference Is
made to said petition.
1t is therefore ordered, that all persons in
| terested or desiring so to 40, make their ap-
pearance herein, at the courthouse, in the
city of Memphis, Tennessee, on or before the
first Monday in October neXtiand show cause,
If any they have, why the prayer OF peJtlon-
er should not be granted and that a copy OF
this order be published daily Tor thlfIy DAYS
in the Memphis Appeal.
This August 81, lSl2.
A ~copy-attest:
BY Z. B. MCHENRY. d. &. q NJ.
Wright & FuIkes, soils. for Petitioners. au3l
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MONETARY AND FINANCIALMATTERs

NEW YORK, September l4-MoSEY easy,
and closed at 70 4 per cent. on call. Sterling
was firm at los for long and 100 for short.
Gold was strong all day, advancing at the
close from lis TO lis. The rates paid for Dor
rowing was 282l-6i per cent TO nat, and for
carrying / per cent C~leaTings to-day, SS,2j7,-
600. Treasury disbursements to-day, $4,000.
The Assistant Treasurer issued during the
week S,S5,0s Legal Tender certificates. Cor
erlneuLs were dull and steady, and closed
as follows: SOS OF 1881, ll53E; SOS of 1852,
llSk; 52s Of 1864, llSS; 5-3s Of 1886, ll4E;
5-3s Of 1853, new, l2&; SAs Of 1867, uSz
DDS OF 1856 new ll5E Sl04Os, lOG4 new 5s, HOS;
Currency Is. llE[- Southern SsostTiaes are
dull and heavy. AissOuris, 921%; Ten
nessees, old, 724 -TTennessees, new, p; Vir-
gintas, old, IS; Virginia, new, 81; North Car
olinas, old, So; North Carounss new, 20.
Socks were generally firm, though devoid Of
any special feature outside of Erie The 1uc-
tuations in the general list were = TO = per
cent. Union Pacific was active, and advanced
=. New York Central advanced = on a linn
tied business. Eric was very active on wide
fluctuations, and stock ranged from 1917 to 81
cash, and from ~ to 5l% regular, closing at 5l24
cash and SIS regular, with stock scarce and
borrowed at 10 y for use closing at l-S2.
anton, 90; Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, ~; Quicksilver, a; Adams Express
Company, 80; Wells & Fargo's Express
Company, s.; American Merchants Union
Company, 20; Pacific Mail, 7l3s; New York
Central, 9gs; Erie, 5l4; Erie, preferred, GO;
Harlem, ll336; Harlem, preferred, us; Aichi-
gan Central. III; P~ittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago, SIS; Northwestern, 49,; North
western, preferred, So; Rock Island, IO7z;
New jersey Central, 1872; ST. Paul, So; St
Paul, preferred, 20; Wabash, u; Wabash,
preferred, g; Fort Wayne, 9iR; Terre Haute,
p; Terre Haute, preferred, 44; Chicago and
Alton, III; Chicago and Alton, preferred,
ia; Ohio and Mississippi, 4SH; Cleveland,
Columbus and Cincinnati, 80; Burlington and
Quincy, l32; Union Pacific bonds, 43: Cen
trail Pacific bonds, Ss%i Union Pacific bonds,
SOS; Delaware and Lackawana, 100; Harlem
and Erie, !.
NEW ORLEANS, September IA, II 80 am
Sight exchange, = discount. Sterling eX-
change, 2lh92R.
LONDON, September i, p.m.-The mar
ket at the close shswed the annexed prices:
ConsOls, formoney, G25E; Consols, for a%ccount,
G1s; U.S SIPS, 1865. 80; Us 52s, 1857, 92l1;
II. s. l0-0s, 81; New Is, 6y5k; Erie, 3D..
There was nothing doing in American secUTi-
ties, and the above prices are nominal.
PARIS, September E.-Rentes ST. SIC.
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Tuesdar. the 1st dar of October. 1s72.

the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows:
First-Twol lots situated in the city of Mem
phis, Tennessee, on the west side OF Second
street, being lots one ~ and two q of J. NJ.
Provinces, Charles X. Davis and Joel C.. Davis
subdivision of part OF the original County lot
1876, on the plan of thecity of Memphis, in
block s., each OF said lots fronting the west
side of Second street twenty-three OBJ feet,
and running back westwardly between paral-
lei lines one hundred and fifty QJO) feet, 10 an
alley.
SecOnd-One lot, also situated in the city OF
Memphis, Tennessee, OF the south side of
Poplar street, between Main and Front streets,
and is the east half of a lot described as fol-
ows Beginning at a stake on the south line
three quarters QE0 inches west of Its inter-
section with the west line of Central alley;
running thence westwardly twenty-fOur and
n quarter go feet; thence eaStwardly thirty
seven 80 feet; thence n~ortlIwardly seventy
four and a quarter go feet to the south side
Of Poplar street; theme west 10 the begin
ming. The portion of said lot to be sold being
the same set apart to the defendant, VIM. X.
Moore, in this cause, and is the east half, and
known as lot No. Z.
~Third-Lots n ID, two (9, three (Sl, fourth,
five %. twenty-f CD, twenty-five %, TWEEN
ty-six co, twenty-seven 90, twenty-eight (2S),
twenty-nine (29), thirty 800, thirty-One 81,
thirty-two (32). thi%rty-three (33), thirty-four
go, ~thirty-ive (S5), thirty-siX (35), thirty-seven
go, and thirty-eight 49, Of the subdivision
made in this cause, of lot No. Is of Willough-
by Williams subdivision, situated at the
northwest corner OF Orleans street and the old
Fort Pickering railroad, in Shelby county
Tennessee.
Fourth-The west part of lot No. 90 of block
% of the Overton addition to the city Of Mem
phis, the same being that part of said lot set
apart to defendant, VIM. r. Moore, n front
ing forty-eight as feet on Clay street. The
east part of lot No. 5, block 30, of OvertOn's
addition to the city of Memphis, fronting
Calhoun street forty-eight as feet.
All of the above described property lying in.
and contiguous to, the city Of Memphis, Shell
by county, Tennessee.
TrnnrG On : 4 ? Il Ear~an ~ y,,nnFh~ -olg#
purchasers viii be required to execute notes
with approved security, for the purchase
money, and a lien retained upon the property
until the same are paid. Equity of redemp-
ton barred. Sept /, 1872.
JOHN H. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Humes & Poston, Solicitors for Complain
anita 81
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EXPORTS.

4 city paper had yesterday the following.
"Ihe rapid Increase Of American cotton in
England is spoken OF by the papers Of that
country. A recent writer states that the
amount this year is the largest ever known,
with the exception Of 1860" This tsrapid in
crease puzzles US in face Of the figures. The
amount Of receipts Of American cotton, as re-
ported last week, wa at Liverpool 7Uo0 for the
week, against 26-a7 same week last year
stock Si9ts1, Of which lSJtUJ only was Ameri-
can, against American the previous year
.3I.O00: American ahoat for Great Britain,
StfJ, against $500 the year before ahOat for
Havre-BraZii cotton included with Americas
20 against 2eS; American snoat ioT
Bremen, none, against l4iO; a1oat for AmSter-
dam, none, against 6f0O. How the amount OF
American cotton in England can be a matter
OF remark there, except for the decrease OF
quantity, We do not understand.
Up 70 Wednesday the cotton receipts at
New Orleans were 9J2 bales against 6S7 the
same time last year, and jSll the wear before.
Alabama accounts say Of cotton In that
state:
Greensboro, 7th-Cotton opening rapidly
amount not likely 70 exceed last year.
Marion. Angus 2@Eufaula 70 Union Springs
promising; thence TO Montgomery, LOwndes
county, TO Selma, and through Dallas and
Perry counties to Marion, eli a melancholy
devastation; army worms have swept the
fields clear Of leaves; the further west the
worse the prospect; a half crop only through
the whole caneDrake region, the cotton plan
ter's paradise.
have cut of crops one-half.
Huntsville, 5tb-Caterpillar ravaging crops
some planters viii make half crops, others an
average.
Greenevile. 5~th-Rayages by worms almost
unprecedented.
Tuscaloosa, sth-The late crop nearly de-
stroycd by drouth and caterpillar.
N0rthport-Ravages OF worms unabatel
prospects utterly blighted.
Monroe. August Sl-The Tnnan Of a cotton
crop which was left by the late Hood has been
reduced more than one-half in the last ten
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Thursday, the 31stD Day of October, 1872.

within legal hours, the real estate mentioned
and described in the ~pleadings and decree, as
follows:
Tennessee, on Jefferson street, in the city OF
mphi Beginning at the northwest corner
of JeferSonis lot; thence unn1ng west with
Jefferson street 50 feet; thence southwardly,
at right angles with Jefferson street, 49, feet,
more or less, TO an alley, between jefferson
and Court streets; thence eastwardly, with
said alley, 50 feet; thence northwardly, at
right angles with said alley, l4SS feet, more or
less, to the point of beginning.
Also, two other lots or parcels of ground in
Shelby county, Tennessee: One Lot, No. 30,
commencing at a stake on the east side OF
LaUderdale street, the southwest corner of
Whittle'sl lot; thence running ON a line par
allel with Lauderdale street south o hains
and 81 links to Jackson street; thence east, on
a line parallel with jackson street, 3 chains
and 81 links TO a stake at the corner of John
f. Browns lot; thence north, on a line paral-
lei with Browns lot, 6 chains and 81 links to a
stake on the line of Whittle's lot; thence
west, on a line OF Whites lot, 8 chains and
81 inks to the point Of beginning; containing
. 46-lO0 acres.
Also, Lot No 81 on the plat of land surveyed
and laid Off and adjoining the towns of Mem
phis and Fort Pickering, and described as fol
lows: Commencing at the intersection of the
north side of Jackson street with the WeS .
side Of the fernando road thence north on a
line OF said road 3ie west, 10 chains and 81
links 10 a stake; thence north ~ west, s
chains and % links TO a stake near the said
road; thence south 8 chains and 9 links to a
stake; thence west l chain and 81 links TO a
stake; thence south 8 chains and 81 links to a
stake in the north line of Jackson street
thence on a line with Jackson street east 8
chains and 81 links to the point of beginning.
Terms of Sale-SiX, twelve and eighteen
months credit 70, II and Is months credit;
purchasers giving notes with approved per-
SOnal security for purchas money, and n lien
retained on the land until same Is paid
! equity of redemption barred. August /, 1872.
John II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Beecher & Belcher and Smith Il Kittredge,
Soils. for cOmplntS
u = D. $1,000 or rnpfsaG fhF= ca1a - ~rluf
pOned from the Sd of September to Thursday,
October 81, 1872. The property will be sub
divided and sold by lots, and per plan and dia-
gram furnished by ]. +. Mckinney, Esq, if he
| desires IL. IauSlI JNo. II. EREEMAN. Clerk.
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OF Xestoui0N. Bacon is, in some articles, un.
SgLte4' ana quotations ere discordant: We
- ihcln Is reported by principal houses in
lIne. ihs Same remark applies, in some
oSsLeSi 70 lard. The kilograms on provisions
SaISely warrant any very high Views IA
AelA, pork nrmer: New Orleans pNrk nrmler,
l@no nrmer, hams seartet -. L0uis, bacon
Garce md nrfn, with oNtf an order trade
Chicegc, pork dub ard nominal, bacon MOTH
Ing doing. ~ncpihally firm; Louisville, sugar
cured harns higher; Cincinnati, pork In fair
deisahd at lower tates, bacon firm. We find
Memphis houses quoting clearsides all the
way from IL 10 u1sc.
Quotations FOR feed are for round lots on the
landing unless VtheTUtSe expressed,
BkAN-Qulet at SIT..
BAcoNRlesrs sides, ll@llAc clear rib, IO5<c
Shoulder. &C. sugar-oured hams. chofce
brands, l79lsc breakfast bacon, IsII@ig<c.
LDE AATERAHs-Louisvile cement.
Rosendale, e eEa8 %; hair, 5a6c = nonnJ
nre.eriSba e5o16 3 100; common brick, sSai6
g tyyA ~ the yards. Alabama lime, by the
BALING STRENGTHENING, ? and ~ lbs, Is
SOc' ron ties SIC; baling Irvine, l4dl5c.
~ were Offering TO the trade at s1<9s%c.
BUrTERAommon dull at l2gl5e, fair lsg10c,
and choice Western dairy 2i92c.
BEESwAX-25a3Sc 3 pound.
C~oTToNsEED Erc.-At mills we quote; Cot
toDseed in demand at $40 q ton.
CANDLBs-Light and full weights q 70
CHEEsE-Factory, l66l6Hc; English dairy,
CoRN-sales Of 100 sacks, yellow. in burlaps.
al &c; 80 sacks mixed, secondhand g~unnies,
al SIC.
CABBAGE-Fair demand at IS 5d42 q p crate.
commandments; sale OF leo barrels at
3 IS delivered; &af s. IS.
CoFFEE-we quote at ls52Sc for Rio, 2GE@
TIC for Java.
EGGs-Weak, &927c-
FLoUR-Lower grades irregular; double ex-
ira, So 50S7; treble extra, 81 J0xsS; family,
FrsH-Whiie nsh, S 5og6 3 half Dbl; kits,
q .; smoked herring, 4O9Oc box; new
mackerel, e bbl-NO !, SIS; half Dbl, s.; kits,
81 608i IS: Nos, large bbls, SO 50Gll; half bbls,
s. 5097: kits, 81 ag1&.
fRUIr-Apples, S2g4 90 for common to
choice. Lemons fair demand at Sl 50.
GAO ERIES-SOda, &c for keg, and SC for box.
Starch, 4hd5 3 n. German soap, 61[G71Sc.
Rice, S%ggAac, AS in quality. Brown and yell
low sugar In bids l0Gl2c; soft refined, white,
l2gl25sc; powdered, l31%94c. Hard refined
white crushed and graduated, l3%9lS5<c.
GLASS@Nl0, % 81; l0xl2, e.; lOXl4, & 30;
I0xlS, s.; I0X2O, - 50. A discount of "a per
cent; 10 boxes and over, S20la25p per cent. Pitts
burg window, 6XS 20 SxS,5 %; per cent.
of to the trade.
cast steel, 222c; castings, country hollow
ware, SIC; axes, u9l5c; Mitchell's do, s. 50,
HAY-sIight demand; sale Of car loads
Of Arkansas prairie at SIS; nominally, prime,
50. choice, 81.
LARD-Renned tierce, IOc keg,ISllhc pals,
llallhc.
0ATs-Quiet at sSe for sound.
OILs-COal oil, 2792Sc Z gallon; lard oil, IS
@9c; train, 81 2; West Virginia lubricatng,
50a6Oc.
0N-IoSs-steady, 3 1898; good demand.
PoTAToEs-GOOd quality, loose, Sl9l % 2
Dbl; in shipping order, g Dbl.
PORK-Nery scarce; SIS 80.
POwDER-Rihe, s. = keg; shot, 50 1908.
POULTRY-Noung chickens, SG3 20; old,
si94 .; ducks, young, - u.