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ARKANSAS.
The SorrIest Failure Of the Period
Reform Co 'rntiOn Stlll.BOrn.
Br0Oks's Hopes OF Playing "WarmOth''
Nipped In the Bud-BOWen for
Senator.
A Little Attempt to ReVOlute- Military
Called 0ut-Baxter Liberal.

Special 10 the Appeal
LITTLE Rock, January 4.-The so
called Reform Convention to-day was a
stupendous fraud, only fifteen counties
represented and these by self-constitut-
ed delegates. The whole affair fell
stiI-born, and with it went out the
hopes of Brooks making himself Sec
ond WarmOth.
A Republican caucus, held last night,
settled the Senatorial question. Bowen
is the coming man.
Tankersly come to the surface to-day
as prominent candidate for the Speaker
ship, but he will hardly be able to beat
Warwick to-day.
P. NJ. Jackagony, negro, and loud
mouthed reformer, sent peremptOry de-
mand to the Secretary Of State for the
KEYS of the Hall of Representatives,
saying, tWe are going to meet there, and
must have the keys" The Secretary
half way promised conference, but did
not give up the keys. Instead of which
he notified Colonel Oliver, the Sheriff,
who asked for and obtained a military
guard from the Arsenal to keep Brooks
people out of the Statehouse. Soldiers
were subsequently withdrawn, and de-
tachment of the Governors guard, To-
cal militia company, substituted. in their
place.
Baxter's inaugural is in the hands Of
the printers, and is said to be very con-
and will give general satisfse-
ton.
James Brizzolari, formerly of Mem
phis, and now of Fort Smith, is in the
city, delegate to the Reform Conven-
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LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE, December 4.-Ice has
been running heavily all day, but most
ly spoRgy or chopped. Last night the
New Albany ferryboat, attempting to
cross to Portland, was carried five miles
down the river by the ice, landing at
Middle Creek. 1t is reported that in
landing she caught in the timber and
lost a wheel, pilot-house, steam pipes
and chimneys. A number of passengers
were on board, who have not yet returned
to the city. Early this morning a salt
boat passed down the chute and lodged
at the head of Goose Island, and will
probably be saved. An empty coal-boat
passed down about half-past ten O'Clock
this morning, struck pier No. 20 broad
side, and swinging around, went on ap-
parently unhurt.
A stationary belt of ice lines the JEFF
fersonville front from opposite First
street 10 the ferry landing. There is an
ice island fourth of the way across the
river from the foot of Third street 1t
is two hundred yards long, thirt- or
forty yards wide, and six to ten feet
high. There is also a smaller island
further out and near the middle of the
river. These leave very narrow pas
sages for the floating ice, and some
fears are expressed Of gorge at this
point. Others say the current is too
strong. The islands are formed by deep
floating ice catching on rocks or hidden
distractions.
Before noon a cOal-boat lodged on
WeitzePs dam at the head of the canal,
and hung there. Late last night two
hay boats and the wreck of steamer
and a number of barges went over the
Falls. Five boats and barges altogether
came down to-day, and tive more were
in sight at dark. Several ice islands
formed in front of the city. The ice is
backed up from Weitzel's dam to Tow
head, at least two miles, but the field
only extends some two hundred yards
into the river, and has crowded the coal
and wharf boats slightly on the bank
below the mail line wharfboat where
steamers lie in harbor comparatively
free of ice near the shore.
No further damage was done and no
serious damage is now anticipated. The
river has fallen six inches and is still
falling slowly. There is now nine feet
in the canal and seven in the chute.
The weather is cloudy and cool. The
Mary Houston came up through the ca
nal to-day and lies at the city wharf
loading, to leave for New Orleans Tues
day
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ADDITIONAL MARKETS.

CHARLESTON, January 4.-Cotton
quiet; middling, 1870; low middling,
19Sc; good ordinary, 1SB@19c; net re-
eeipts, 2714 bales; sales, 800 bales; stock,
1907 bales.
GALVESTON, January 4.-Cotton
strong; good ordinary, 174@17zc; net
receipts, 1000 bales; stock, ,OS0 bales.
SAVANNAH, January 4.-Cotton
quiet, and good grades scarce; middling,
1870; net receipts, 1866 bales; exports to
Great Britain, 2701 bales; exports coast
wise, 58S bales; sales, 1915 bales; stock,
S5,0S5 bales.
MOBILE, January 4.-COtton easier;
good ordinary, l84c; low middling, 19sc;
middling, zoe; net receipts, 2O56 bales;
exports coastwise, 335 bales; sales, 500
bales; stock, Il, ,953 bales.
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ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS, January A large field
of ice, extending from shore to shore,
broke off of the gorge above the bridge
this evening and foated down. 1t filled
up most of the open space below the
bridge, but did no damage. Another
break is expected tonight, but up to
eleven O'Clock no further movement had
taken place. The river rose about one
foot to-day, and the gorge cannot last
much longer. Steamers along the
ievee have made preparations for the
breakup, by raising steam, and extra
mOorings have been attached to the
wharfboats, barges, etc. A snowstorm
set in about nine o'clock and continues
at this shour-midnight
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PITTSBURG.

PITTsBURG, January 4.-Considerable A.
ice continues to run in the river. There
was considerable activity on the wharf
to-day. The Anna is announced to de-
part Monday sevening and the Junieti
Wednesday. The Exchange is loading
for Cincinnati, and the Belle Vernon for
Nashville. Should the present state of
weather continue, considerable coal will
probably leave early this week.
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ON THE RIVER.
lee MOVing--GOrges Breaking Up
Immense Destruction of
Property.
Steamboat Wrecks, Barges, Hay
Boats and COalbOats Car
ried Away.
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, December 4.-The river
has declined to-day. 1t is thought now
that freezing and brisk winds will pre-
vent the rapid flow of tributaries, and
that they will run out in detail and not
produce the great food anticipated A
sudden thaw with rain would alter the
case, producing q great flood.
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Rivers and weather.

Rivers and weather.
Yesterdays kilograms from nearly
every point on the Ohio, tell us of ris-
ing water and considerable destruction
to steamboat property by the move
ment of ice gorges, which seem to have
been heavier above than below Cincin-
natl. At st. Louis the river rose in all
three feet and then began to decline.
The Arkansas and White rivers will rise
again, it is thought, as considerable rain
has fallen upon each. Other lower
streams have a navigable stage of wa
ter, and with the rise now coming from
the Ohio there will be abundant water
below Cairo for the largest class of
steamers. The weather yesterday was
damp and cloudy during the morning,
and in the afternoon a light rain fell,
soon turning to snow, which at dark
covered the ground to the depth of two
inches with slush and mud, and greatly
interrupted the shipment of freight.
BY Telegraph.
CINCINNATI, January 4.-The river
here is Is feet in the channel and de-
clining. A Gazette special this evening
reports 20 feet of water in the Kanawha.
Weather clear and growing warmer
since noon.
EVANSVILLE, January 4.-Weather is
cloudy and cold. Merdury $50 to $40.
The river has risen feet, and is full of
floating ice. The r. G.. Gray sunk be-
low the Rose Clare on Thursday right.
VICKsBURG, January 4.-Boats down !:
Lady Lee. Up: City of Cairo, Pink
Varble. Weather cloudy and cool. Riv-
er rising fast.
NASHVILLE, January 4.-The river is
rising slowly, with Z feet water on Har-
peth Shoals. Weather cloudy and cold.
PITTsBURG, January 4-The river is
falling slowly, with II feet inches wat
er in the channel. Weather clear
Mercury $40.
New ORLEANS, January 4.--No arri-
walls. Departed: Alaska, Cincinnati; La
Belle, Memphis. Weather cloudy, and
a heavy rain this evening.
CAIRO, January Arrived: James
Howard, New Orleans, 3 pm: Bis
marck, New Orleans, pm; Tyrone,
Nashville, pm The river is beginning
to swell slowly. Weather cold and snow
ing.
CAIRO, December 4.-The weather is
cloudy and cold. Arrived: Side-wheel
steamer Glasgow for New Orleans at
eight this evening; City of Chester for
Memphis at ten this morning. De-
parted: Continental for New Orleans.
Movements of Boats.
But one arrival yesterday: that the
Emillie LaBarge came up from New
Orleans with two hundred tone of freight,
which she discharged at the elevator,
and was to have returned this morning
10 Harkelroads, from where she takes
the Susie Silver's trip to New Orleans.
The Jennie Howell for the Arkansas,
Batesville jor White river, and Frank
Forrest for Fulton, departed with fair
trips, and the Andy Baum was to have
left during the night for Cincinnati with
one thousand and fifty-three bales of
cottoE.
miscellaneous.
By an advertisement elsewhere, it
will be seen that the steamer, Geo. w.
Cheek, will be placed in the trade be-
tween this city and Osceola, making
tri-weekly trips.
Captain Andrews, of the Frank For
rest viii, it is said, charter the steamer
Keokuk, now at st. Louis, to place in
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DIED.

CHALME ERS-At his plantation, in Arkan-
sas, in Friday, December Y, 1872, of consump-
ton, Colonel ALEXANDER III. CHALMERS.
Colonel CHALMERS was the youngest son Of
the late Hon. Jos. w. Chalmers, formerly
United States Senator from Mississippi, and
was born at Holly Springs, in that State, on
the 7th OF June, 1893.
Having lost both his parents In childhood,
his early years were spent with his relative,
the late Archibald Glenn, Of New Orleans, to
whom he was indebted for thorough busi-
ness training and with whom he was after
ward associated as a merchant in that city.
Here he exhibited that quick intelligence and
capacity for the management of affairs which
marked him through life. For the last few
years he has been engaged in planting in Ar
kansas and Louisiana.
At the breaking out Of the late war he was
among the first to volunteer, and served faith
fully and calamity to the end Of the struggle;
first at Pensacola, afterward In the Trans Mis-
sissippi department, and then in various
campaigns in the States of Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Before its
close he had attained the rank of Colonel Of
the eighteenth regiment OF Mississippi cav
airy of " Forests Cavalry" at the head Of
which he took prominent part in many Of
those stirring events which have made that
command famous, and was Immediately re-
garded as possessing the highest qualities of
an officer as well for his courage and eoolness
in action as for the skill with which he
handled his command in the most trying
emergencies.
His remains were inferred at fernando,
Mississippi, by the side of a loved sister.
A noble, gallant gentleman, full of generous
impulses; am bilious, but treading only in the
paths OF honor; faithful in the discharge of
all duties, public and private; kind and affec-
tionate in the domestic relations of life; a
true friend and a brave soldier, he sleeps in
the bosom of his native State, in whose de-
ba haa N often pprf1qn his life leaving
a name 10 be garnered among her jewels as
one Of her noblest sons.
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CHANCERY SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estate
Situated Corner UaEGn and Second
Streets, ia Memphis.

No. Z3i, N. R.-First Chancery Court Of Shelby
county.-MOses j. Wiel1s vs.. VIM. b. Green
law ct al.
DY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale
ID entered in the above cause October Is,
1872, viii sell, at public auction, % the high
est bidder, on the premises, corner Of Union
and Second streets. in Memphis. Tenn., on
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ESTABLISHED 1910.

fled that it is unwise as well as impolitic
to be constantly tampering with the or
ganic laws of the State or General Gov
eminent, still whenever the people IN
their wisdom see proper to amend the
constitution, it should provide for rea-
senable fixed salary for the members of
the Legislature, and then they could sit
as long as they pleased without taxing
the State with a prolonged session.
Trenton Weekly Gazette.
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ETRsr NA1ToNAT. RaNK

OFFICE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
" MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. u, 1872.
A meeting OF the STOCKHOLDERS of this Bank
viii be held at their office, on 7 TUESDAY, jan
uary "A, 1873, between the hours of I and 3, for
the purpose of electing thirteen Directors to
serve the ensuing twelve months.
dela w. w. TH ACH ER. CashIer.
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NOTICE.

SOUTHERN RAILROAD SECURITY COmP'HY1
Lessee Memphis and Charleston X. r.,
Memphis, Tenn, December 30, 1872.
ON and after date the Somerville Sunday
" Accommodation Train Will be discoDtin-
ued. w. ]. ROSS, Supt w. ID,
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ST. AndrAM,s SnciAtY.

4 SPECIAL meeting Of St Andrews So
"a ciety viii be held on TUESDAY NEN-
ING NEXT, ar RODm No. J., third floor, l9f
Main street, Tor the purpose of making ar
rangements for the Burns Festival, and Tor
other important business.
q. W. ALENAND DER, President.
J. c. FORBES, Secretary. jas
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
MASONIC NOTICE.

THE stated communication OF Ange- Q
4 roma Lodge, No. lG8, viii be held ~
MONDAY evening, January 6th, at/NN
Z O'Clock, for dispatch OF business.
All NJ. NJ . are fratenally invited.
BY order &. q. LOCEE, W. N.
Is. RICHMOND, Secretary. ~
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HE COW BEAUTY.

Now ON Exhibition ON che BEua, OppO-
site Court street. the Greafess Eiving
wonders on Earth.
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Tuesday, January Z, 1878,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Memphis, Shelby county
Tennessee, tO-wit: Part of lot No. 2iI, as pei
the plan of said city: Commencing on the
northwest corner Of Union and Second streets
running thence north 74l4 feet; thence wesl
1857 feet to the alley; thence south 7414 feet
and thence east l4S18 feet 70 the beginning
For particulars, ETC., see plan Of partition
among the papers in the cause; also, see the
advertisements of ROyster, TreZevant x Co. IA
the Appeal and Avalanche.
There will be subdivision of said lot before
the day of sale, made to suit purchasers, etc.
and the same sold accordingly.
Terms of Sale-One- third cash; balance on
a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months
notes with satisfactory sureties required fOi
the deferred payments, and n lien retained tC
further secure same, etc. This Nov. 2, 1872.
EDMUND a. COLE Clerk and Master.
Estes & Jackson and Beecher + Belcher, At
torneys. nos
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TICKLING AT A DISTANCE.

TICKLING AT A DISTANCE.
Our Memphis contemporary, the Ledg-
CT, of Tuesday, says: 'The Nashville
Banner, like the Ledger, takes strong
ground in favor of abOlishing the Office
of Public Printer, and putting out the
printing TO the lowest responsible bidder
who can give sufficient bond. We shall
enlarge upon this theme at the proper
time.n The Ledger also indorses the
proposition IF the AUdldnche, that the
Legislature postpone the collection of
the poll-tax until 1874, but would, new
ertheless, abe glad 10 see the school fund
increased by a general payment of the
poll-taxn In this view of it, the Ledg-
CT is certainly true as the needle, to the
poll. Nashville Banner.
ANOTHER SLAP AT THE COUNTRY
PRESS.
The press, type and material belong
ing TO the late Herald, of Chattanooga,
Governor Bard's paper, is advertised by
the Sheriff of Hamilton county for sale
on the eighteenth instant, to satisfy an
execution in favor Of Cincinnati type
founders. 1t consists OF one printing
press, two imposing stones, thirteen
composing galleys, forty cases and type,
six boxes containing sorts, one lot OF
sorts in paper, three heating stoves, two
seven-eOlumn forms locked in chases,
one bundle of newspaper, and one lot OF
type. What a magnificent chance for
some illustriOus political pauper to pos
sess himself of prerequisite qualifications
to be elected to the "officen OF public
printer.-BdnHer.
WHAT Is WANTED.
We look TO the coming Legislature for
much wholesome legislation. We want
our State to take its stand on the side Of
reform and good government. We
know this will not be done until
means of governing wiser and better Is
open TO her poorest and humblest citi-
zens. Just now We begin TO feel the ne
cessity, the imperative demands Of a
good school system. The want of such
a system cripples the energies Of teach
ers, and drives from our borders many
young men of enterprise and capacity
young men worth far more than the
thousands of broad rich acres held under
the miser grasp of q modern Shylock.
Wewant not only TO invite immigration,
but we desire also to encourage and stim-
ulate native talent; we want its power
expended in our midst; in short, we are
willing that our political prejudices
should be forgotten in the earnest effort
to do and get the greatest good TO the
largest number.-Edst Tennessee Core
spOndeylt Of the Banner.
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7. O. O. 2.

rTlHE Joint Board Of Trustees will .....,
Il meet In the ante-rOOm on s 49,
MONDAY, at 3 O'Clock pm. tOzf11f-se
elect Directory for the Odd Fel- INV
lows Hall and Library Association and other
business. A fuil attendance is requested.
By order OF the President.
jas II. p. PRESCOTT, Secretary.
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Wonder of theag weighing 1890 pounds, hav-
ing FIVE LEGS, TWO TAILS, TWO UDDERS,
and giving milk from the top Of her back the
same as underneath: also. 4 horn growing
from the center of her back.
Also. q problem for naturalists and most
learned men Of the age
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BANKRUPT SALE.

In matter of ]. T. Bsgbie, Bankrupt.
The large assortment of
Saddles, SaddIery Hardware. Harness
and all kinds Of goods usually kert in a first
class saddlery establishment Will be closed
out at once, at store No. 3l2 Main street; sale
commencing
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w. Z. MITCHELL'S
ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL.

O0O THIRD STREET.-THE DAY AND
OOO NIGHT sessions viii be resumed on
January 6th. For information in re-
gard to course Of study and terms, apply 70
the Principal, at the scnool-rOOm. jas
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A PERFECT BULL, weighing 1850 pounds,
father of offspring, having an Udder and
Teats, and giving milk in large quantities, the
only bull ever known 10 give milk like COW.
These animals are MIXED ia the presence
OF the audience.
II this exhibition does not prove as IL is rep
Admission, 25 cents. Doors open from 9
am. 10 pm jal
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A sailor named Riley jumped from the
yard-arm Of ship leaving New York
yesterday, and was drowned.
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The plan of subdivision which has been
adopted, makes
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January s. 1913.

and continuing until closed out.
Jas y. WOOLDRIDGE Assign,
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By an advertisement elsewhere, it
will be seen that the steamer, Geo. w.
Cheek, will be placed in the trade be-
tween this city and Osceola, making
tri7weekly trips.
Captain Andrews, of the Frank For
rest will, it is said, charter the steamer
Keokuk, now at st. Louis, to place in
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TAYLOR, LINCOLN AND DAVIS The
Springfield Qn.} journal" states that
about the year 1882, while General Taylor,
afterward President of the United Sta ties,
was 10 command of the fort at Dixon's Fer.
ry, near where Dixon, Illinois, now stands,
Jefferson Davis, who was lieutenant in the
United States service at that time, and SER
wing under General Taylor. administered
the oath to Abraham Lincoln, then a cap.
tain in the volunteer militia Of that State.
1t is also stated upon the same authority
that Gen. Robert Anderson, of Fort Sum
ter fame, was lieutenant, and present at
the time.
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Business Cards.

AFTER CROSSING LEWIS CREEK BRIDGE
Having recently leased the above Stables, late
ly occupied by Ed. Burke, and having supplied
them with every adjunct to complete livery,
we are now prepared to furnish our friends, and
the public generally, with anything they may
need in that line.
Our horses are young, fresh, fast, and
well broken; our Buggies, Carriages &C., new
and of the latest style, and our drivers Sc
lected with special reference to tbs comfort and
safety of our patrons.
Pleasure parties accommodated at all hours
with single or double buggies, riding horses, for
ladies and gentlemen, Carriages, Spring wagons
$c. Parties wishing to visit Weyer's Cave
would do well to give US call.
Horses fed by the day, month or year, at usual
rates.
Special attention given to the sale of stock.
We still occupy the extensive stabling at the
old National Stable ground, where our friends
if they find it more convenient to call) can be
accommodated as heretofore.
Hoping, by strict attention to our own bust
ness, to merit continuance of the favor shown
us in other places, respectfully solicit share
of the public patronage. dec8-tf.
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FATAL TEST. The Charleston, W Va,
Courier" states that on the 18th ult Ev.
ans Price and DR.. Samples, both we'll known
residents Of Maiden or its vicinity, tested"
some whiskey that saloon keeper named
Stone, had just manufactured by new re-
eeipt which he had obtained The result
was that in little over three hours from
the tasting of the liquor, Price was dead
man. and DR.. Samples was in bed at last
accounts.
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A WINTER SONG.


Earth sleeps beneath the snowy cover
That Winter spreads Ger hill and PLAIN,
In silence waiting till her lover,
The spring, shall wake her up again
And as upon its mothers bosom
The little child doth softly rest,
So now each tender bud and blossom
Close sheltered lies upon her breast.
There dream they of warm south winds blowing
OF sunshine and the dewdrop's sheen,
And see rich odors round them flowing,
The meadows gay, the forests green.
And hear again the birds sweet singing,
The wavelets murmuring in the play,
While butterflies are round them winging,
And wild bees hum to them good-day
And up they stretch them at this token,
To see the glory far and near,
And find the long, long dream is broken,
For 10 ! the Spring again is here.
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A LUCKY CONDUCTOR. Hartford
(Conn. Courier says that the thousand
bill which Conductor Mckinney took from
stranger on the owl train between New
Haven and that city, more than year ago,
is still on deposit to Mr. McKinney's credit
at one of the city banks. The interest has
amounted to over $780, It will be remem-
bered that the conductor, when the bill was
handed him, passed on, saying he would
change it when he had gone through the
train, When he returned the man denied
having presented a thousand dollar bill He
was probably thief, gave the money by
mistake, and was afraid to rectify it At
all events Mr.. Mckinney thinks it pretty
good nights work.