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MEMPHIS And SHREVEPORT.
We continue to publish from day to day

We continue to publish from day to day ac-
counts of the spread of the yellow fever In
the Southern cities. Neither the progress OF
the disease nor the need of aid has, we be-
leve, been exaggerated. Trade and industry
of all sorts are almost Immediately paralyzed
in town at the first advent of this scourge,
and the poor, who arc unable to fly, are thus
left penniless even if not attacked by the
pestilence. Besides this more general neces-
sity for aid are the wants of the families OF
those who have died-children suddenly left
orphans in a community where all as suddenly
find themselves in poverty and imminent
peril. In the face of this great suffering, how
ever, there is certain warmth and cheerful
ness in the reports of aid which has been sent
to the scourged Cities and in the fearless con-
idence, too, with which they appeal for aid.
Inconsiderate alms-gving is practice we have
always steadily censured. In the generality
of cases the truest help which we owe to our
weaker brother is to teach him how to help him
sef-nOt to degrade him into pauper. But
when that is impracticable, when this brother
calls to us like Job, out of a depth of loss
which we have never proved, Have pity
"upOn me, oh we, my friends, for the hand OF
"God hath touched me' he should have the
right to ask for help AZ one that claims his
own. Is there not enough and to spare in his
Fathers house, and who are we that should
keep it under lock and keyi
We note among other contributions to the
sufferers at Memphis, large subscriptions from
the Jews of different cities, and we call atten-
ton to the fact simply M one notes the strik-
ing of a clock that marks the progress the
world has made in time from day to day. A
few hundred years ago, Christians in every
country were burning and slaughtering the
Israeltes to force them to disgorge some of
their boarded wealth, only too lax, they thought
in their charity, if the burning was not per-
formed on spit and the slaughter prolonged
through hours of torture. To-day, the Jew out
of his abundance stretches forth an eager,
saving hand to his Christian brother in his
sore strait. We who profess to follow Christ
should not suffer those who reject Him to
prove themselves his most faithful disciples.
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That would require gross annual income Of
about $2O,OOO,OOo, the profits on American rail-
ways amounting on the average to IS per cent
of the earnings Herr Haas can sec no pros
pect of tho Northern Pacific Railroad earning
$9OOOO,OOO year for a long time 10 come.
The present population OF the States through
which il passes is only 5000, and if the whole
reoion should develop as rapidly say IA Min
pesota has developed since the Introduction of
railways. it would still have in 1880. scattered
over GgO.OOO square miles of surface, pOpula-
tion only 10 per cent larger than that of New
York CITY at the present time. This could
not WELD much. and the transcOntinental trade
would add but little TO 1t. In case of O
deficiency in the earnings tho company Is
allowed to pay the interest by borrowing from
its land fund, which is pledged for the re-
dominion Of the bonds. But for many years
the land fund will yield but little. There are
evtopsive government lands along the line of
the railway which can be taken up under the
homestead law. and immense tracts OF the
railway lands must be utterly unstable until
tbere has been an enormous advance of settle
,oonts. aft is certain" concludes Herr Haas,
" that longer OF SholVOi PN" wa NN'
"immediately upon tho opening OF the line,
"during which the bOndholders will have to
"forego interest,"
OF course this is more or less matter of
opinion. The question depends upon proba-
bilities. There may be an extravagant demand
for Northern Pacific lands, and an UMPIRE
cedented rush of immigrants into the region
of the Yellowstone and hostile Sioux; and so
the company NAV earn $2oOOO,OOO year, in
the face of all rational expectations. But we
feel bound to say that the reasons given by
Tho Rerlin investigator for his uDfavOrable
Judgment are very strong ones, and that
nothing has yet occurred to show that he
was mistaken. II is to be presumed that
Messrs. jaw Cooke g. Co. looked carefully into
fine matter, and did not urge tho bonds upon
nersons in moderate circumstances who could
not afford TO lose any of their income, until
tbev had satisfied themselves that the interest
would be regularly paid. Bankers who under
take to dispose of securities on the faith OF
their own assurances are bound to do that.
But the public would be glad OF some fur
Their information. It Is clear how the
road was to be built. Congress gave the COM
pany land enough to pay for the whole work,
and a loan was to be raised by mortgage on
the land. What we are curious about now Is
tbe method by which the company expected
to nav It's interest during the time when the
land would DO unstable and the traffic un-
developed.
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carried out. The Treasury then held over ono
hundred millions in gold, and the surplus LII
come of the Government was an equal sum-
But the measure would have been followed
by q great contraction of the legal tenucr
circulation, produced by the flow OF specie
out of the country Jf ten millions OF green
backs had been presented for redemption III
order to get ten millions of specie for export,
the operation would have caused contraction
Of ten millions in the circulation. The sudden
humiliation of the premium on gold Would
have cheapened all foreign goods, and have
added in exactly the same proportion to the
cost to foreigners Of goods of our own pro-
duction. Hence our exports would have been
checked, our imports stimulated, and the bal
ance in gold which we should have been called
on to pay greatly increased. The advantage OF
this mode of resumption, no small one, by the
way, was the prOmptness with which it could
have been put in force We do not think the
same method practicable now, because tho
stock of coin in the Treasury is too small,
and because there is no surplus income. On
the contrary, the Secretary at this moment Is
initiating the currency to supply the deficiency
in bis current receipts.
The quickest practicable mode OF getting
back to the specie basis now open to us is to
contract, or at least infiexibly restrict the
currency until it is at par with gold. Come
what may, we have got to cross the chasm
We have at best but choice of evils. There
is another road to specie payments equally
certain, and that is by initiation. IL we keep
on expanding our currency, it will assuredly
go the way of the assignats, tho Continental
money, and the Confederate notes. 1t will IN
fallibly collapse. For a while we may stand
as we have stood, like the ass between two
bundles of hay, but we shall very soon begin
to move toward the one or the other. we
shall reach hard money either by way OF
" free banking or some other kind OF infa-
ton, and final blow up, or by the narrow
path of inhexible restriction, If not absolute
contraction. They have both been tried and
never been found to fail. Which shall we
haYe2
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ln0er 10 Aoperilsemenls.

ANUsEMENTs- Elerenh Paqe-5h and 9th columns
BANKISG-HoUsEs AND BANKERs-TcNh Pd0e-4th cor
BASKINa AND FrSAScIAI-Ninh Pa0e-5th column
BOARD AND ROOMs-biercnh PdQc-lst ana "a oV'"'N"
BUSINESS NOuCEs-SiFh Pa0e-lst column I'D e-h
CHANCES FOR BUSINESS MEN-Blghth Fdgc-Slh a"u ""
columns. 49,, -,..,,,
CORPORATION NorICEs-BighGa Page 9th column.
DANCING ACADEMIEs-Eighth Idge-bth oOlu"h'
DENTISTRY Elcrcath PGQe-lst column
Dividend NOuCEs-TeRh Pdge-4th ooiuu""'
DRY GOODS Eierenh Pdge-6th column go, ., c.t
EUROPEAN ADyERIisEMENTs-Tcnh fd9o-0th anu ON
columns. 80, -.
FINASGAI,-Tcnh Page-Sd and Sih columns
FURNITURK- Eiercuh Page-lSt column; n, So,
HORSES CARRIAGES, HARNEas' @c.-h'oee"W f"S0-IS'
HoIsRs AND FARMS WANTED Ninth Pa9e-2d column.
H0TEIS-EiJEth Page-6 column: EUROPEAN IeHh
HoIsEs AND BARNS WANTED-Einh Pa0s-6th column
ICE CEEAM- ElcreHh Page 6tn column.
iSsTRUCTIoN Eighh PdQc-3d 4th and 9TH columns
LAW SCHOOIs-EiQhh PGge-5th column.
LRoruREs ASp MEETSGs-EIcrenh rage-Gth column
LOAN OFFICES iereHth P0Qc-lst column
MARBLa AMI SLATE MANIBIs-Eicpenh Pdge-lst col
MARRIAGES AND DEATHs-Scuenh Page-6th column.
MlsCEIIANLOUs -Eteuenh Pagc-lst column; I@ePh
Page-5th and 9th columns.
MUSICAL lKSrRUMENTS-E Eleventh PGge-6.h column
NEW PUBLICATIONS -Eighth PQge-3l column.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE, CITY-Ntnh fa0e-lst col
JRRsEY-N.nh PGge-1st column; COUNTRY AiHm
Pa0o-lst column; AT AUCroS-AtnHt FGge-lst ana
I'd columns.
SAVINGS BANKs-Ie Tenth PGGe An column
SITUATIONS WANTED MAIys-EiegenM Page-3d column
FEMALEs- Eierenh PdOe-3d AMI 4th columns.
SPECIAL NOTICES-Sepe1th PGge-Gth column.
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILEOADs-Ic'th Page-4th, 6ti, ana
9th columns.
sTEAmERs OCEAN-Eighh Page-6th column.
TEACHRRs-E ighm PaQe-5th column.
10 LIT, BEo0KLYN PROPEErY-Ninh Page-2d col
umn: CITY PROPERTY - Ninth PGge-2d column .
COUNTRY PRoPEETY-Ninh Page-2d column
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PERSONAL.

Jefferson Davis has been dangerously i'll &C
Louisville, Ky. but is now recovering.
Judge j. 5. Black has resigned his duties IS
delegate at large in tho Pennsy Ivania Constitutional
Convention.
DR.. Sale, who died recently. was the last OF
four olegymen who have held SUCCESSFULLY tho vicaTGge
OF Sheffield, EOg.. during tho past 100 years.
John Roessle who established the brewing
OF agerbeer IN this country. and accumulated aboit
sl,OoO,0OO thereby. died recently In Eoaoury' Mass
NJ. Larrieu, of the French National Assem-
bly,, was recently so III that his death was imminent
He Ia OF the richest propretors IN tne uone ana
NJ. Theirs. il is currently stated in Pans.
viii be called as a witness at the trial OF harSIl
Bazane and 10 Ia expacted VIII reveal many mnor,nt
fails connected with early history OF the Franco.
German war.
Chief-Justicc Gray of Massachusetts is ADd
10 he one OF tho greatest men living He anii SIX 40.
four inches high weighs $50 pounds has tie ire,
travels hls ciroaiI hogsebaok AttaDta ladiast
Ia a baesslo,s1k a.t>s3as i,.s slt.,,l its.ssk.s
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Nem'2(ork Daily gribmate.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1873.
II RIP l. E S III e E Il.

A largo body OF Carlists has been defeated in the
Province OF Navarro, In Spain column Of 1900 insur-
gents made "a sortie from Cartagena. but driven
back - statue Of Frederick VII. was unvaied
at Copenhagen. == The troubles IN COahuila MeAlcO,
are becoming more threatening.
The Liberal State Convention at Elmra expected to
form Peoples Ticket" including the best men nomi-
mated by the Republicans and Democrats. -The vote
on the annexation Of Boston suburbs resulted yester
day in favor Of anneXing CharlestOwn, Brighton and
West ROxbury and against annexing Brookline. -==
John N. Pierce, IT,, cashier OF the Merchants National
Bank OF Lowell, Mass, is defaulter for $4,000 or
more. g. The Secretary of War has appointed a
Commission OF i've members for the erection of new
military prison at Rock Island, Ill. - GOV. Powers
has convened extraordinary session OF the Misss
sippi Legislature 10 amend the election laws.
The Evangelical Alliance met In four sections At As
sociation Hall the Rev DR.. VIM. Arnot OF Scotland the
Rev Dr. j. Harrison OF London. and others read pa
pers on Christian Life :" St. PAu's NJ. E. Church,
the Rev DIR. j. H. Rgg and the Rev. DIR. Simpson OF
England and President Porter OF Yale College consid
cred Education and Literature;" at the Madison
SQUARE 'Presbyteran Church. the Rev. Dg.
Parker OF London, the Rev. II. W. Beecher, and
Others discussed "The Pulpit OF the Age" and at the
broadway Tabernacle SUNDAY schools was the topic
-=Miss Anna T. Dickinson lectured on /" For Your
own Sake" and the Rev. Dr. Brndley replied to Charles
Rradaugh 60 wyie q Knevals. sugar dealers
An Wsll-st failed. The bankruptcy proceedings
IN the case Of the National Bank OF
the Commonwealth win probably be contested ==
c. A. sprague was arraigned. in Brooklyn, for embez
cling city money and Kate stoddard the Merrgans and
another pleaded not guilty. 49, Sheriff Wllamss case
viii be given to the Grand Jury. = The Tammany Gen
eral and Kings County Democratic General Committees
made arrangements for holding primary meetings. -
Registration was begun In New-YoRk and continued In
Brooklyn. 80 TIE entries for the ocean yacht race
we're announced. Another arrest was made Ia the
Jersey City malpractice Gold, llOt, llol llOa
Thermometer 40, Acc, go
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Amnesmsnts, etr., Chs Gpenins.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC.-Italian Opera. III IroVa'oro"
Madam Nilsson and Signor CampaninL
BoorHs THRATER-" Fanchon" Maggie Mitoheh
DALY's BROADWAY THEArBR.-"Max. Emmett
GRAND OPERA HOUsE.-ltslian Opera rOhuo' Niu'e'
Luooa and SignOr Tamberlik
NEW LYcEuas THEArER-" Notrc Dame" T. q. King.
NmLo's GARpEN.-"The Black Crook"
OtYxp,c Tuy,rrR-At and 8: Madame Angot's
Child" Mrs James A. Oates
Union SQUARE THEATER.-"Th Geneva Cross
wu,Ick,s TgEArER. -" Barwise's Book" and "The
BurrampOoter" sothern.
AMERICAN INsTrTUTE.-Day aud Night. Annual Far.
RAIN uAII.-At y and g; Exhibition of Paintings.
pon1SsoS UALL--At and at 8 Varieties. The Royal
MariOnctes.
ToSr PASTORS OPERA HOUSE," Wall street"
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Snow comes early this year. The frosty air
Of this region indicates the approach of Win
ter, which Is heralded by a snow-storm in the
greater attitudes of Pennsylvania Whatever
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Gov. Powers of Mississippi, fortified by the
opinion of the Attorney General of that State.
made proclamation that the existing State
election laws were null and void Therefore.
there could be no election this year. The
extraordinary decree carried dismay into the
camps of the Ames party, who denounced the
Governors action as revolutionary. 1t was
designed, they averred, to defeat the election
of Ames, who rivals Alcorn in his ardor
as candidate for Governor, with the
seat in the United States Senate in
prospective. Gov. Powers, however, has called
an extra session of the Legislature, for the
purpose of amending the election laws, and
so the threatened revolution may be averted
The funny part of this whole proceeding is,
that the Attorney General. who gives the de-
cisiOn, the Governor, and the Legislature now
called together, are all Illegally in office, if
the election law is invalid, for they were all
elected under it, Realizing The absurdity of
his position, the Attorney General has pub
lished an addendum, which says, in effect,
that the law was not unconstitutional when
he was elected but 1t is now.
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offered to testify that Bazaine could not pos
sibly have done anything but surrender at
Metz. In the last instance, the Marshal has
shown equal dignity and prudence in de-
clining the questionable assistance which such
evidence would give him.
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In the cOpious reports of the proceedings OF
the Evangelical Alliance, published in THE
TRIBUNE to-day, will be found several papers
of unusual interest. Conspicuous among
the discussions evoked by these was one
of marked power on "The Pulpit of the Age"
read by the Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker of Lon
don. The debate, which was led by the
Rev. H. w. Beecher, was sharp, clear, and
exhaustive. A printed report inadequately
conveys the life and vigor of such keen en-
counter of logic and eloquence; but it is
richly worth the attention which we invite
to it.
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people of the South West arc anxiously hoping
for o nipping frost.

One of the latest defalcaticns-for it is dii-
fcult keeping track of them-is reported from
Lowell, Mass. The cashier of the Merchants
National Bank acknowledges theft OF about
$4,000 and obligingly hands in his resignation:
These are Searching times" for cashiers and
holders of trust funds. The peculiarly OF
almost every case is that the peculations have
been going on for years, and that the pecu-
lators were usually "above suspicion" The
prevailing stringency seems to have brought
great deal of dishonesty and dry rot to the
surface.
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Our Paris letter gives tho relative attitudes
OF the Legitimist and 0rleanist parties towards
each other, and the posture of the dc Brogle
Ministry towards both. The time is rapidly
approaching when it will be decided whether
four hundred gentlemen are able to defy
nation and make it deny its will. If the
French people suffer such an aifrOnt at the
hands of men like the Comte de Chambord
and tho Due de Broglie, they will establish
their claim beyond dispute to being the meek
est and most obcdient citizens on the face of
the earth.
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Special correspondence from Cartagcna,
published on our fifth page, gives picture
of the state of society in the capital of the
Canton of Murcia under the rule of the self
constituted officers of that mutinOus common
wealth. Since then the attack upon Alicante
has failed, and the instruction appears to
be nearing its close. There never was q
more causeless revolt nor one more destitute
of the possibility of permanent success. The
fact of their attempted coalition with the
Carlists shows how little of genuine radical
ism inspired the restless ruffans who led the
emeute.
The Grange advance., 1873-10-15

wise you to look into these things, not
with an entirely selfish mien, but with
candor and carefulness. Let me appeal
to you to take such political action as
will insure an early and thorough exam
ination of these questions in our State
and National councils.
To the end that all our interests shall
be. we'll and properly guarded, it is i'm
perative that education should advance
in like ratio with our material progress.
high order of schools should be tostered
and maintained, and the character of ed
ucation must be co-extensive with the
demands of the day. In the new rela-
tions of society, merely to read and keep
accounts is not enough. The simple ele-
ments of learning are no longer sufficient
for the masses of the people. All the
facilities of the rising generation must
be educated to think, to discriminate, to
judge. Every person should be so edu-
Gated as to have clear idea of his du-
ties, his obligations and privileges in all
the situations Of life. The study of his
tory, of political economy, of finance, of
commerce, Of manufacturing interests.
should be considered as necessary to the
education of farmers and mechanics, as
knowledge of their own special calling.
SO far as we have reason to be en-
couraged by the propitious season, by
our own favorable location, by the fertii-
ity of our soil, and by our many advan-
tages, let US congratulate ourselves. So
far as we find discouragement in the in
adequate prices of our products, in the
various discouragements and drawbacks
incident to the business in which we are
engaged, letus study to be more thought
1ul, more careful, more considerate of
means and ends and thus secure to our.
families the greatest good attainable, and
to lay the best foundations for the future
that 1t is in our power to establish.
Thus shall We best fulfil our mission
and our duty to ourselves, to our coun-
try and to posterity.
a number of young ladies of Macon,
Ga., have resolved to attend the State Fair
clad in homespun. -,