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Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 8, 1873.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this Department until the 9Th day of January,
1874, at II o clock noon, for furnishing Wrap.
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TO become loose or tangled in trans.
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SPY, and TO measure from 90 to 55
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IN balls weighing from one to two
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To the Hoaorabe Senate and House oy Representatives. in Coai

10 the Hoaab and House Representatives. assam.
bed:
SEs We the undersigned the petition
honorable bodies the civIigtS bill
and tried friend Hon Charles Sumner We ask your
because citizens q" this free Republic and part the
polite and deprived OF the rights and which
US We cannot travel upon the railroads steamboats, stages
without being subjected Inconvenience
When apply for accommodation the public
meet the barrier when present children public
choo and are rejected All this and compelled endure
because coore We pray these hnance
that We enjoy the rights which a.
citizens and members of family not
special legislation behalf that ask Won 20
remove whatever legislation there is against
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-26
ADDITIONAL RIVER NEWS.


NASHVILLE, September 25 River on a
stand, with Y inches on Harpeth shoals No
arrivals or departures except one local packet.
Weather clear and pleasant.
PIrTsBURG, September 25.-Rlver, about @
inche-. Considerable rain this morning.
CAIRO, September 25.- Noon Arrived :
Silverhorne, Evansville, R.m. Emma FL
hOtt, Memphis, am. Bon Accord, 81. Louis,
am. Departed: SilveIthorae, Evansville, 3
am; Elliott, st. Louis, a aTl.......-.Night-Ar-
rivodi Dictator, st. Louis, pm. River fallen
one inee. Weather cloudy and waIm,
NEW ORLEANS, September 25.-Weather
clear. Thermometer So, Arrived: Susie Sill
yer, 81. Louis. No DEPARTURES.
ClNCINNATI, September f5.-River, 6 feet and
falling. Departed: Hiram Campbell. Cairo.
VIcKsBURG, September 25 Weather clear
and warm. River falling. Down: Yaeger and
John b. Maude. Up: Mary E. Poe and Capstal
City.
Sr. Louis, September 25.-River falling
River falling slowly. Weather clear and pleas
ant Business very dull. Arrived Belle Mem
phis. Memphis; Future City, New Orleans:
Charles Bp1nauD, New Orleans, Depart-d
Aolile Moore, New orleansi Colorado. Vicks-
burg.
LOUISVILLE, September s5.-Rlver R,ation-
AIRY, with 30 inchds in the anal aEd 3 feet on
Portland bar, and 90 inches on FIepeh Island.
The Steamer Henry p obssco has been gotten
afioat again at Flint Island in good condition,
and Is nloored to the bank. No arrivals or de-
partuFes except packets,
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ARKANSAS.
General Newton at Fort Smlth-What
he Thinks OF the Late Troubles
The Militia.

General R. c. Newton, commanding
the second division of Arkansas State
militia, ordered here to investigate the
supposed trouble in this cOunty-to
which we have heretofore referred, and
which was so grossly exaggerated by in
terested pArties-has been here for sew
eral days, and mixed and mingled with
the people generally. In this free in
tercourse General Newton became fully
convinced that imaginary, and not real,
were the causes for such reports; and in
stead of calling out militiao of this coun-
ty, be has issued orders, published else
where, to disband the old and reorgan-
iZe the State militia in this county. His
action in this matter, in a military point
of view, will meet the approval of every
man in the eouAty who is not actuated
by selfish or by partisan motives.
But this move, while the benefits may
be great that will flow from it in having
the State troops composed of men of all
parties, men whose interests are at stake,
and whose object will not be partisan,
has more aud greater Significance TO us
than appears ON its face; and it may,
and we trust will, distract the Radical
faction hereabouts, and force them to lay
aside bitterness, it certainly tends to de-
moraliZe the Democratic forces in this
"cOrner" Of Arkansas, and by this wise
stroke OF diplomacy on their part, Bax-
terize it. A similar course has been pur-
sued toward the press of the State, and
in some instances IL has succeeded in
turning aside from the advocacy of the
peoples cause against tyranny, usurpa-
ton and oppression, aud secured their
services for wrong some of the old-time
advocates of peoples government.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.
The Presbyterian assembly meets in
=

The Presbyterian assembly meets in
Chattanooga this week.
The steamer Cambria brought
sl,s20,O00 in gold to New York yesterday.
A cave full of rich mineral matter
has been discovered In the Little Cottonwood
mining districts.
Louisville was considerably exercised
Wednesday in financial circles, but none OF
the banks showed any signs Of weakness.
The Indiana State exposition at In
dianapoiis was visited yesterday by the larg-
est number Of persons since It's opening thIee
weeks ago.
The Baptist general association OF
| Fast Tenn lessee meets this yeartn Morristown,
October Josh. The Baptists of Morristown
have lately built a handsome westinghouse
Mrs. Patterson, who presided over the
| domestic economy of the White House during
/ the term OF her father, Andy johnson, has
added new lustre TO her laurels by taking the
1 premium for the best butter st Tennessee
| fair.
The navy department is in receipt Of
official dispatches from commander James A.
Greer, Of the Tigress, describing the search for
the Polaris crew. The report confirms the
press accounts previously published.
Special Agent MePhail reports to the
department at Washington that he has thor
oughly Investigated the charge that Office
stamps were used in Washington county, Nir-
ginfa, to send political documents through the
malls, and finds there is no truth in 1t what
ever. The report is sustained by certificates
and other evidence.
President Wilson, in a letter
dated September 18th. makes the.following
reference to hts heaIth: "The condition of my
health admObishes me that l should not ven
ture on any new re- e-Ponsibnities, but such as
the performance OF any duties but such as
have already been assumed"
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Perhaps ten or twenty millions in
fresh greenbacks will converts sufficient
proportion of the nine hundred millions
owing to the banks from bad debts into
good ones to demonstrate the prudence
of the bank managers, but we doubt it.
Lastly, few words as to that great idol,
the balance of trade. We are now ex-
porting more than we are importing; 1)
because we are selling very cheap; "
because the English have experienced a
tremendous Use in prices and we
are not able to pay for their wares; (S)
the English, being already somewhat
in trouble from short crops, labor
unions, scarcity Of coal, etc., and fore
seeing great deal more, are drawing in
and refusing to buy our securities as they
have been doing for the last five or six
years. Now our farmers are already in
trouble because we have been selling
their stuff so cheap. The English are
getting more and more in trouble every
day, and we, in the great cities, expect
to be as prosperous" and eXtravagant
as ever. All we need, the doctors tell
Us, is little more green paperl Not so.
We must come down to bread and
water and pay our debts. We have
no choice in the matter. We
must continue to send out of the
country more valuable things than we
bring into the country until John Bull
gets on his legs again. John Bull is
sick, and the farmers are sick, and the
trade of peddling railroad bonds is an
initiated. Will Mr.. Richardson's
green backs repair broken china, or en-
able John Bull to give our farmers mere
for their wheat? That is the question.
The reverse we have met with is simply
the beginning of the inevitable trans
itiOn from prosperous to pinching times,
and brandy will do us no good.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-26
HEROISM.
Another Wreck at Grand Haven, Mich
The Crew Rescued after Much
Daring and Labor.

GRAND HAVEN, MICH, September
25.-The schooner Whiting went ashore
during the night. Since daylight it has
been blowing a terrible gale from the
west. The vessel was heavily loaded
with salt, her deck even with
the water. At about nine o'clock,
the captain and one man leaped
into the water to the amazement
of the assembled crowd, and succeeded
in reaching the beach. Soon after this
one of the Ironside's life-bOats, manned
by crew of five men, put Off from the
shore, but before reaching the schooner
it filled and capsized. One of the brave
crew named Coffee, a resident of Grand
Haven, was drowned. The tug Miriam
da, then started with one life boat and
one yawl tOwed astern and succeeded in
dropping the yawl alongside OF the
schooner. The four men Jumped from
the rigging into the boat greeted by
cheers from the thousand spectators.
The next moment the yawl plunged un-
der the sehOOner's bobstay and rolled
over. Three of the sailors again sue
ceeded in reaching the rigging; the
other was seen for a moment.
when an immense breaker swept the
poor fellow from sight. The tug came
into port, righted the boats, and again
started to the relief of the men. Again
the boat got to the vessels side, but
swamped before the men could leave the
rigging. Everything possible will be
done to save the unfortunate seamen,
but it's terrible task. If a few hun
dred dollars were invested here in a
suitable life-boat such melancholy oc-
currences would not be recorded.
Later-At hslf-past one O'Clock this
evening the tug Miranda succeeded in
getting alongside the schooner Whiting,
and took off the three men. The bodies
Of the two drowned men have not yet
been recovered. The body Of a man,
supposed to be off the Ironsides, was
found on the beach nine miles north Of
here this morning.