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IMPORTANT Decision. brief statement
81. yr,iuln's Sentinel, received JUST on
in. - press. and from one not skilled III
=, lass. iailul TO convey correctly the I'M
,,.r,n, decision rendered by The Supreme
d, .grt IN the case of Jefferson Tacy Is. Dix
,.> deyi,ces. The opinion of the court was
j, ,y,rcd ~ Judge Davis, and, affirming
ia, OF the court below. completely annihi-
@.c-. ii We understood il Alright, all claim of
wlr arrived under the sales OF land delin-
,.u,nt for non-lnyment of tae direct taxes
emiu- the war imposed by special act OF
congress. There are numbers of these cases
,.ill on the court dockctS, and this decision
m.l settle them il favor Of the dnte.betlum
owners
Mr.. :. Ferguson Beach appeared for Dix
ru'> d,vi.rc>. and Judge W. Willoughby for
Mr.. Tacy. the taxable purchaser. The de-
yr>,,> or Mrs. Mary J. Dixon recover by
TIA, ruIlH- the dwelling on King street 30
hn- occupied by her and her husband, the
nj, Turner Dixon, 30 popularity known to
car old citizens Sentinel.
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Man pRowNED.-l c>tcrday morning an
ed lrishman named keneagy attempted
b.. dam. but the boat went from under him.
md he vas prccpitatcd into the river. BE.
M afflicted with rheumatism he was unable
- cXtriGtte himself. and before aid could
g4en him he was thoroughly chilled. He
"I, taken from the stream alive. bui died III
D., than twenty minutes after he was gotten
"ut.-Ly,chLrrg Reputhcdn Of yesterday.
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INQUIRY CAPTAIN Webster has received

Captain Webster has received
The following lctter.--iierdadria Gazette.
nHi1. Of Il. ". ashton, No. 90 Thir-
,,cnih street, Richmond, Va, December 4,
iN71&.--To the Chief of Police, Alexandria,
Va: Dear Sir,-A short while ago there ap-
FEARED in the LynchDurg Republican and
other papers an advertisement from one J.
II. King, Of your city, saying upon the re-
""lW OF Il certain sum Of money (thirty-tve
cents, he would send at once note-paper,
zen. and several other articles. Several Of
rs have done 50. and have never heard from
money nor the said j. Ii. King. Is there
-uch map in your city: Our object is to
publish the fraud through the papers.
Hoping you will give this your attention,
an, very respectfully.
up. &. kIMKRouGu."
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IMPORTANT RArLRoAD MovEaEsTs.-
New York Times of Tuesday. says The
report comes from Harrisburg that an ar
rangement has been effected between Colonel
Thomas; a, Scott, of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, and, Judge Asa Packer,
President Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company, SO that the means necessary to
construct the Texas Pacific railroad will be
furnished at am early date. 1t is also under
stood that Judge Packer Will purchase, with
the assistance of other large capitalists, all
Interest of the so.caled " Construction Com
pa1y." 1t has been apparent ever since the
.Lehigh Valley Railroad Company leased the,
old Pennsylvania Railroad Office in Philadel-
phia, which Immediately adjoins Colonel
SCOTS headquarters, that the two companies
were assisting each other In some way or.
other, and the above report confirms, to
some extent, the rumor that has prevailed
here for some time that the two corporations
would eventually become connected, direct
ly or indirectly. -.....--,.-,., ....
The Philadelphia Inquirer says few. days
ago mention was made ofaction taken blythe
National Company, an organization charter
ed in this State to build the road of the Ma
tional Railway Company, and it was then
stated that an auditing committee had been
appointed to put the affairs of the company
in "a proper condition. -One.fourth of the
road from this city to New York is already
graded, and that portion Of it which runs
from Bound brook, where it strikes the New
Jersey Central railroad, could beput iurun.
ming order in q few months. The bridge
over the Delaware river at Yardleyyille is
owned by the com pany, and the piers fora
bridge over the Raritan river are already
built. Nearly the entire right of way from
Philadelphia to New York has now been OBJ
tanned. The company was prevented last
| tall from continuing the work by the ipjunc.
ton granted at that time against building
a through road in New Jersey. The sub
| sequent passage of the general railroad
law enablcd the friends of the national
| enterprise to organize a new COM
plny Qhe National Company, taking the line
| OF the National Railway Company The
former was chartered by the Legislature of
this State, the members of the new Board
being selected from the management of the
old company. On last Thursday evening,
as before alluded to, a new party of expe-
rienced railroad men were elected to the di.
rectorship of the National Company in the
place Of other gentlemen who were too
much pressed with private business to de-
vote sufficient time and care. to the railroad
enterprise The officers Of the new COM
pany are now Joseph L. Crowell, Esq, OF
New Jersey, president, aud Robert r. Cor.
| son, Esq, of Philadelphia, secretary and
treasurer The old National Railway Com.
pany remains unchanged, the officers being
Henry Lewis; Esq, president; Jacob RE.
gel, Esq, treasurer; and Robert R. Corson
Esq, secretary. ......
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sssssrzsu,ssM AlLIaOAD T11fEA.
= 5s

El1 2a
lFHESAPEAKE AND OHIO HAZE
~ ROAD.-On and after December n t1g7a. the
passenger trains WIN run as foilows: 49,.
+ rg WESTWARD. ---e'--.s.'. =
| MAIL TRAIH.-Leasps Richnond a.a6 A.RN-'
DAILY except Sunday, connecting with W, O..
Va, NJ. D. e}ss railroad 2s Gcrdougvtne and (sYs
tsOstesvilIe. and arrives at Hinton st 10 z. K
tsEXPRESS TRAIN. II caves Rtchmon6 sf 3esk0-y
FOR sfsaR1 .sS Or
leaves Huntington ON arrival Of e train and arrives
at Cincinnati at O'Clock next morning.
Sulphur oniy q, Junction, aordonN1!e, G4as.ssss-
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.-Lcuveski S3nnond
Eat a. T. NJ. DAILY except Sunday and x1fseskt
aordoEsvil!e IT $40 r. ~. This train connects st
Gordonsvillc for Lynchhnrg. - - = r. 80
-. EASTWARD. 1sS3sE
Steamer leaves Cincinnati at r. N. DAILY er-
EXPRESS TRAfN.-Leaves huntington att h
u. DAILY except Sunday, and arrives ut Richmond
nj A3U 4. II. next day, connscttnS With trl1neI
going south and with James River steamer for Nor
Richmond only at junction, Gordorsvtlfe, ;Cha1-.
lngton. q -. =" - 4 ., - ~
MAIL TRAIN.-.ieayes Hinton at 4 O'Clock An
fsaroad al G sSunaieas1a s And M
Gc sDs sdsfss TRaIsyss oraoas-
yille as a. NJ DAILY, except Sundays, and ar
riyes at Richmond at $50 A. N. -. :. -
For further information inquire at the cornpary's
office, on Broad near Seventeenth street. )
A. II. PERRY, General Superintendent. ~
EDGAR YHETr General Passenger and Ticket
-
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The VACANT JUDeEsHlr.--A paper. was
sirncd this morning by all the members OF
the bar present in the Corporation Court
asking tho President to confer the appoint
ment upon S. f. Beach, Esq, OF this city
Alexandria Gazette. .5
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tbs business, seyen conpanfes, tie kiexanls'
dria, fLoudoun aud Hangs shire 8 the Hlabarna
and Chattanooga; sthe East Tennessee and
Georgia; the East Tennessse and Virginia !;
The Nashville aud Chattanooga the NASH
Vile and Decatur; aud the Southwest Branch
Pacific railroad Of Missouri, reduced their in
debtedness S94, 338O2: These companies
also paid on account OF interest 81, 75e.82,
making their total payments during the year,
300, 095.64. -.
Congress by Senator Alcorn, of Mississippi,
authorizing the Secretary Of War to com.
promise, adjust, and settle the existing in
debtcdness to the Government upon such
terms as may be equitable and just, will
cause an end to the whole business by the
last of next June, by enabling the Secretary
of War toimake the best compromises he can
with every company still indebted. - :. 80. -
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OFFICE OF ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT
~ RICHMOND AMI DANyILLE RAILROAD Co.,
RICHMOND, VA, December 2, 1873.
SCHEDULE OF TRAINS.


" Train No. l-SoUTHERN, ExPRESs-leayes Rich.
mond at sos a. NJ. {; arrives at Burkevlle at 6:09
A. NJ, arrives at Danville at p H., arrives At
Greensboro at $50 P. NJ. 49,.
Train No. 2-NEw ORLEANS AND NEW YoRK
ExPRESS-leayes Greensboro Ut l:15 p. NJ; ar.
riyes at Danville at 1859 r. NJ, Arrives at Burke
Vile at s:04 p. NJ, arrivesat Richmond at lI:02
r. 81. 49,. 49,.
Train No. s-THRoueH MAIr-leaves Richmond,
at las p. NJ. arrives at Burkeville at Also r. NJ.
arrives at Danvre at 1858 p NJ, arrives atGreens-
boro' at 12:30A. 81. Elt' rfsGt.-.,~ q !s--l
NO 4-TuRouGu MAIL-leaves Greensboro at
Ell A. NJ: arrives at DanvIlle at 624 A. u ara
rtves at Bnrkeyllle At 1875 A. Nj arrives at Rlchs
Train No. 5--LYNCHBURG PAsSRNGERa1eAYes
Richmond at 9:42 A. NJ. !; arrives at Bnrkevill6 at
12:S9 p. NJ; arriyesat Lynchburg at 4:40 p. M =
Train No 6-BunKEyILLE ACCoMMopAT1oM.-,
leaves Lynchburg ct $50 p. NJ, leaves Burkeviffe
at1:35 A. M. arrives at Richmond at 1888 A. NJ
| Train No. connects ut Burkeyille with trains
on the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad iron
Lynchburg and the South. Pullman palace.cars
run from Richmond to Charlotte, and from Char
lotto TO Atlanta and New Orleans without change.
Train No. ! makes close connection at Charlotte
with trains on the Atlanta and Richmond Airline
railroad for Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobile, New
Orleans, and all points South and Southwest.
Through tickets sold to all points south and SOUTH
west, and baggage checked through.
T. NJ. r. TALCOTT,
de 2 Engineer and Superintendent.
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r FOE BALTIMORE a. -
NO TRANSFER BETWEEN RICHMOND AND
~ D. IS. r,E. =. BALTIMORE, -

Steamers leave their new. pier in the Dock, foot
of Tweaty-second street, every TUESDAY and
THURSDAY. MORNINGS a.74 O'Clock, and SAT-.
URDAY AFTERNOON ct O'Clock. ,-I
Freight received up to O'Clock P. NJ, and Satur.
days up to 81 o'clock p. NJ. ..ss..e
Through bills signed to all points north and west,
and rates guaranteed as low US any other line.
Apply to r . ''- u. Il. b. TATuM. Agent.
Offices. Twenty-second and Dock and Ninth and
MINI streets. dp
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RICHMOND, YORK RIVER AND CHEsAPEAKL3
r.. RAILROAD COMPANY, I
RICHMOND, November 9th, 1878.


NJ RAILROAD COMPANY,
RICHMOND, November 9th, 1878. }
I'm AND AFTER THIS DATE PAS.
~, sENGER and FREIGHT TRAINS on this
road will run follows: d" ia.
PASSENGER TRAM for West Point leaves
Richmond at P. NJ, and train from West Point
will arrive at Richmond at 0:30 A. III. daly (Sun-
days eXceptetl. 49,.
fine splendid steamer HAVANA. Captain A. e.
MCKEE, has been placed on the route between West
Point and Baltimore to run In connection with this
road and viii make three trips week, leaving west
Polnt TUESDAYS THURSDAYS. and SATUE-
DAVE on the arrival of the train, which leaves Rich
mund T. M, arriving at Baltimore next morning
IN ample time TO CONNECT with trains for the North
and w est: and leave Baltimore MONDAYS, WE'D
NESDAYS, and FRIDAYS at 4 Z. ~, connecting
AZ West Point with the train due at Richmond u
1890 next morning. 80 s." - 500 y s.. - 80.
Fare to faltmore,95 colorci people, a. ~
FREIGHT TRAIN, for through freight only,
leaves Richmond Tuesdays, Thursdays, and satur-
days at A. NJ. Through freight received daily.
FREIGHT TRAIN with passenger car attached,
for freight between Richmond and West Point,
Fridays at $3.50 A NJ Local freight received Tues.
EDW. F. FOLGER, :
"E General Freight aud Ticket Agent,
w. BRAGG. Master Transportation. no
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1874. NOW is THE II TIME 1874.

ANY MAGAZINE OR PAPER PUBLISHED
~ SENT TO ANY ADDRESS BYI.tera.
ri y / J.T. ELEYSOE, r,.. >s.. -.
+ NEws-DEALER. No. 1112 MAIN STREET, 80
RICHMOND, VA. "a 70: :. -
Z WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER -:s
In Newspapers, Books. Magaziues, Games, Sta
tioncry, School, Books, Christmas Books, and all
articles required by the great reading public. = .
GENERAL AGENT FOR THE. PUBLISHERS
d. ~ AND THE PUBLIC. 49, -
The following sent by mail to any part Of the
country Mt the following rates, which are the pub.
fishers lowest prices: - Il. . ,....-. -.o.-, 4,
+. ss DAILIES.
New York Herald. .&12 New York Tribune. 81
New \; York sgn::..;.. New York Journal
Richmond Wing 8 Richmond Enquirer.
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OFFICE RICHMOND AND WELDON RoUTE,l
RInuMoNp, VA, Oci ober %, 1873.

hlliMcSb NM
RICHMOND, VA, October 20. 1878.
VNHE TRAINS ON THIS ROUTE
The NAIL & TRAINS leave Richmond at 500 s.
NJ and 2 p. NJ; arrive at Petersburg at SIT A. NJ:
and $500 l.. NJ. arrive at Weldon at $50 A. ii. aud
FKEiGHT TRAINS, with passenger coach at
tacled, leave Richmond for Petersburg ut 3 A. M.
and 8 p. NJ, aud returning leave Petersburg at q
"a R \; T Mn NAIL TRAINS leave Weldon at
$50 A. NJ. and 4:15 r. d., and leave Petersburg &c
1910 z. NJ and 1856 L. NJ. - =
ACCOMMODATIONS TRAINS leave petersourg
daily at 8 A. NJ. and Richmond ut 1880 ?. M. -
Passengers from Norfolk will connect Win fns
train leaving Petersburg at 121 +. d and those
for Norfolk Will leave Richmond on the 1850 T.
81, Accommodation Train.
The SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAINS between
Richmond and Petersburg leave both places at
The Freight Trains will not run on SUNDAYS,
and the 1856 r. III. Mail Train Will not leave Peters.
burg on SUNDAYS, and the 605 A. ID. Train VIII
not leave Richmond on MONDAYS. - :.
The MAIL TRAINS will not stop between klcn.
mond and Petersburg except at Manchester ane
Chester.
~, and returning leave Richmond at +. d. daiy
Except Sundays. H.,
tel and all trains leaving Petersbu Will start irom
the Washington.Street depot. NO a..
pITLLMAN'S PALACE SLEEPING-CARs' are
attached to all the Night Sail Trains.
OCT General Manager.
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PHILADELPHIA, RICF-sEkF&
MoND, AND NORFOLK STEAM .sszss@ssssssssas
SHIP LiNE.-FOR PHILADELPHIATW TWICE
WEEK.-Unti further notice the steamers ,, OF this
line will leave Philadelphia every WEDNESDAY
and SATURDAY, and Richmond every MONDAY
and THURSDAY at II O'Clock NJ.
Freight taken for all parts of New Jersey, Penn
syIyanla, for Boston, Providence, and New Orleans
Also for Antwerp and Liverpool ria Red Star ana
American steamship lines, anu bills Of ladins sgneo
through ,,, o,. and
s,at"reon. ~ w. Z. PORTER, Agent,
No 2i25 Dock street, Richmond.
WILLIAM z. CLYDE u CO, Agents,
No. IL South Wharyes,
an o. No Ia North Wharves, Phllahelphla
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1k~S<SkAssS D1A s&CUSssS
ITO G. T1G OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
l. send early orders to Eos-131S-Madn street
Js,,zi RANDOLPH d ENGLISH
received ut the last and former Fairs four premiums
for the best BLANK-B0GKS made, Always en-
hand stock OF Le6eerF, osirnals. Day, Cash, In.
voice, BILL Check, MONEY, Receipt, EaIes- Order
TINE. Ralance, Copy Pass. and Memoir andum-
Hooks Of many sizes and Qualities, at prte from
f6U TO DC each. tigtss gs-f-e as = de IL DIV .
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The New York World thinks the death
pepaity u good social propbylaclie. i
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TOR NEW YORk.-OLD Do 4FSTs
L MINION STEAMSHIP COMPANY rsssss -
The side-whcei steamships OLD DOMINION,
WYANOKE, ISAAC BELL. ShkATOGA, NJ
AGARA, ALBEMARLE, and lfATTERhS leave
New York for Norfolk, City Point, and Rlchmond
every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY
at o'clock 2. NJ. ,,,,ny
and SUNDAY ut high tide.
saloons, state-rooms, and bathrooms.
The fare, accommodations, and attention are un'
Freights for points beyond New York forwarded
With dispatch, and no charge made except actual
expenses incurred. 80 - -,
Close connections made with steamers for all
southern and European ports.
Freight received until I. NJ. naiiH: chic
| line will leave Norfolk ut o'clock p. NJ. during
| the winter. .... IL q.
| For further Information, apply To-
| 49, GEORGE W. ALLEN & CO., Agents,
| office Company's wharf, Rockets.
CAPTAIN GEORGE ". fLLEN.
/ +. MAYER. az
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EAMES RIVER STEAMBOATaSTsl]J
" COMPANY. ilsss ssssssSiis -
FOR NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH. BALTIMORE
PIilLADELfHlA, AND;NEW YORK,
~ ~" ALSO FOR%
REGULAR LANDINGS ON JAMES RIVER.
CARRYING UNITED STATES MAIL AMI
ADAMS EXPRESS,

FALL AND WINTER SCHEDULE:
On and after OCTOBER 1. 1873, The fast anu
elegant steamer JOHN SYLVESTER, Captain
JOHN A. POST, will leave company's wharf, Rock
etts, for above-named places on MONDAYS, WE'D
NESDAYS. and FRIDAYS at $50 a. ~ aud re-
turning will arrive here TUESDAYS, THURS
DAYS, and SATURDAYS at4 Y. M.
Passengers make sure connections with Bay Line
at Norfolk for Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Nc"
York.
Fare to Baltimore. .................... 90
Fare to Philadelphia. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
Tickets for sale on steamers aud ut Garner 4 CO.
Ticket Agency; and baggage checked through.
Freight received daily for Boston, Norfolk, and
Portsmouth, and regular landings ON James river
from A. NJ. to 8P. NJ.
Freight for way-landings must DC prepaid;
b. TATUM, General Agent.
Office: Crnpany's wharf, Rockets; branch Of
fcr at w d. Blair It Co.'S, corner OF Ninth and
Main st,pts Oc2
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-18

THE telegrah brings the news of the
death. at Nashville, yesterday, of Mr..
Hy. Smith, for many years agent of the
associated press at that point, and well
known from his connection with the
press of Alabsma and Tennessee. Mr..
Smith had been before the public for
more than a quarter of a centu-
", as editor and publisher, and
during that time had earned
for hiDlself the confidence of the people
rs an upright man. As writer he was
able, logical and incisive, and as par
Iissn unyielding but chivalrous. He
was last, we believe, connected with the
Nashville Gazette, but he made most
character as an editor from his connec-
tion with the Patriot, a great whig
OrgaD, that in its day had no superior.
9Ir, Smith was in his ffty-fifth year.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-18

out in the southern States, they viii per-
hans awake TO realize that in the future,
AN ambitious and INSCRIPTIONS exec
utiye might find in a people, thus ac-
customed to submission, a bulwark and
a power on which he could rely to bring
the work of subjngation and absolutism
to bear upon the northern States them
selves.
Second-That we believe our case, as
presented before the country, and before
the senate committee of the last con-
gress, is legal, just and incOntrovertible;
and while we heartily indorse and ap-
prove of the report and action Of our
late committee of two hundred, and re-
turn to them and the eminent author OF
their report our unqualified thanks ana
congratulations, we assert our firm de-
termination to persist in every way TO
maintain our true allegiance to the Nc
Enery government, and to discounte-
nance and resist by any and all legal
and peaceable means tie fraudulent
usuIpation of w. P. Kellogg, and place
our firm reliance for relief in the next
congress, under the influence and direc-
ton of public opinion throughout the
country.
Third That we recommend that every
citizen of this State, proposing TO travel
north during the coming summer, re-
port his name, address, and proposed
route of travel to the head center of the
legislative caucus, No. So Carondelet
street, and obtaining all published facts
in our case TO constitute q canVassing
committee before the people of the north
to the end that the iniquities of this vile
usurpation may be spread abroad, and
a 10, rr-l,l ,lNvi in
formed and stimulated to act upon the
next congress in our behalf.
Fourth-That we depreeate any
scheme of compromise looking to the
perpetuation of the power OF those po-
iiticaI adventures, who have by every
means of fraud and crime trampled
upon and thrust aside the popular YER
dict, and installed through the prostitu-
ton of federal power am usurping and
fraudulent government in this State.
Fifth-Thst we call upon the men,
bers Of the legal (McEnery) general as
sembly to stand firmly together, and to
reject any and all contact, consolidation
or union with the bogus assembly or
ganized under federal bayonets, and
whose record as Lawmakers would be
disgrace to barbarism itself.
SiXth-That we cordially approve OF
the act of the general assembly calling for
a constitutional convention in NOvem-
ber next, and urge all friends of reform
and constitutional government to re-
spond heartily thereto.
! Seventh-1hat we recommend the
adoption of the plan of organization
known as the "People's League of Lou
isiana," and pledge ourselves TO its sup
! mort and maintenance
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-18

WE CLIP the following from the St.
Louis Republican, of tie eighth instant:
ITO grow the $1,000, 900 bushels Of grain
produced in four of the southern States
requires that 5000, 600 of acres be culti-
waited in corn and wheat. The same
area planted in cotton would yield on an
aggregate 500 pounds Of cotton lint per
acre, or an average of 2,50O,OOO,OOO
pounds OF the staple. This enormous
quantity at 10 per cent per pound
would realize no less than $3.50, 900, 600.
WHO viii say, in the face of these fig
ures, that the south is not interested in
the solution of the problem Of cheap
transportation
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-18
TABLISHED 1870

A RUMoR comes by telegraph that Sir
Samuel Baker, the great African eX-
plorer. and his brave wife were muir
dered recently in central Africa by some
one of the warlike tribes Of that part OF
the comparatively unknown continent.
We trust this is not true. The world
can i'll spare such man and so true a
woman. Sir Samuel will be remem-
bered by the readers OF the Appeal as
the discoverer of the Victoria Nyanza
lake, supposed at the time to be, with
ihe Albert Nyanza, discovered by Speke
and Grant, the source OF the Nile. On
the expedition signalized by this impOr-
tant discovery he was accompanied by
his wife, who bore the heats and fevers
of that death-desling region for four
years, and shared in her husbands tri-
umphs and honoTs as modestly as she
had bTsvely surmounted all the difficult
ties Of travel. Every lover Of disinter-
ested devotion to the cause Of science
viii join us in the expression of the hope
that this news is not true, and of sincere
regret that there should even be any
foundation, however slight, for so grave
a rumor
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-18

WHEN Mr.. William Cullen Bryant
was in Charleston, South Carolina, a
short time ago, he made the following
felicitous remarks in response to toast:
he said that the chivalrous, knightly,
generous race which had made southern
society what it was in happier days,
before the war, preserved even in its
overthrow the vitality which would
produce from the fallen trunk new
sheets Of life aud vigor, which would
restore, in more than pristine beauty,
the fair fabric of the southern common
..---..LA