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ALABAMA papers now confess that the
state acted most foolishly when it seized
StantOn's road because he could not
comply with his contract with the State.
The APPEAL was very sharply criticised
at the time because it stood 10y Stanton,
bat now the Florence Tlmcs-JOuy77ql
says: "The great folly which we COM
mltted was, when, as soon as Stanton
failed to pay the interest on the bonds,
instead Of the State coming to his relief
and helping him, the governor at once
took steps 10 foreclOse the mortgage, or
put ii into bankruptcy, and thus involy-
ed 1t in inextricable difficulties. We are
not trying TO cast censure upon those
VINO took part in this proceeding, but we
say, in our opinion, il was great mis-
take. If Stanton, bad as he was, had
been permitted to run the road, and had
been assisted out Of bis difficulties bv
ihe State, until he had got under good
headway, he would by this time have
had one Of the finest roads in the south.
and been able to pay the interest. But
as 1t is, the legislature, lawyers, assign
ees and receivers, have all been feeding
largely of its assets, and there is now
scarcely anything left of this magnifi- |
cent road which, three years ago, prom
lsed to be the greatest thoroughfare in
ihe state" These facts pertain to the
unfinished roads in Arkansas, which,
subjected to the same State policy, will
suffer and beget the same unfortunate
results.
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THE MOTHERS OFFERING

Flowers are wanted in Heaven to-day
An angel said to me;
" AND we nave enongh save a few mole buds-
your little bud would see."
turned me about and brought forth III,
The angel looked in her face and smiled. a
There is nothing fairer on high. ." said ha
VIII take this bud, II it pleaseth thee"
| looked at the child, ana Thought. % AIast
Lille Is ever as brittle as glass
IN manhood as in infancy;
some day, when my bud Goth wider one
ust when the full blown flower I hone
IL may iade, and drOop, and die.
Or If not so, yet in coming years
IN Ihls SAD word so 1ull OF snares),
AS my hower stOop 10 kiss
IL may be my lot 10 weep and start
AS see cOiled mp in its fnmost heart
A serpent with Yenomed hiss!
~ may IalI 10 me-ah! who can teIs-
IN a1ter years to remember we'll
" hat the angel asked to-day:
ana 70 wish, with many and many a tear.
l had parted that day with nv bud SO dear
AND granted my God " His way
Nv, VIII h,, DO this new. In the realms on high,
My bud never fade nor fall
Ana VIII not think of the dreary tomb:
4 VIII VIII look dOore where my flower doth bloom
L VIII have no funeral pdL.
For this is not Death, with the sombre wing.
TO the garden CT my God.
An, me! shall miss her-that know
But VIII not call this cruel blow
Nor say, " have felt the rod"
20 l took my babe to my loving breast
Ahd 5i nnrseu, and soothed, and sung hertz rest
Ihe Pngel, meanwhile, smiled ''
: she IS sleeping" l said, let her not awake
~ the glory o' God around her breakfI
And gdre him nay little child
Then l turned and bowed me low to the
ground; ~
rOse-neither anOaI ,or ettl1 7 so,..,,
Sut nave no fears, and love to think
u Ihe lilies above at the fountains brink:
Ana l quiet my heart with the precious
thought, EoiN''
Ny child is with God and can lack for
nought;" ~
And know that Sometime-when God shan
please
VIII meet her again, meath the shadowless
trees. 49,
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THE Democratic State committee OF
Texas has called a convention, to be held
on the third Of September. The Lam
pasas Dispatch, announcing the fact,
says: "We must put forth a platform
suited to the wants Of the people, and
broad enough that all good men can
stand upon it. We must have reform
and retrenchment; our State must be
put into the hands OF honest and true
men. We have them, and their services
must be procured. Our people, if they
desire to be free, must register and vote.
The lukewaTmness Of several years must
cease, and personal responsibility must
he assumed. Every honest citizen should
say 'this is my country and then en-
deavor to preserve aud perpetuate it,"
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The district court of Kentucky has
ust decided three points in the special
deposit cases against the bank of Bow
ling Green, growing out Of the thefts Of
he cashier, which are of interest TO
Jank creditors in general. There were
-hree classes of these cases: First
where the cashier had stolen special de-
JOsits and converted them 10 his own
Use; second, where he had made con-
.racts with individuals for an exchange
If their bonds for other stocks and Sc
miues; and, third, where he had
.tolen special deposits and converted
hen 10 the use Of the bank. In the
inst class, the court decided that the
iank was not liable, the theft not being
N act done IL the course of the agency
u the cashier. in the second class,
hso, the bank was not liable, it having
40 interest in The contracts and not re-
ewing any consideration. IN the third,
io,Meyer, the bank was held TO be Liable,
having received the BENEFITS of tue
'oiFersion by its agent.
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INFAMOUS.
Astounding Development A Society
Among the Chinese for the
Basest of Purposes.

| SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.-The au.
thonties to-day discovered positive evi.
dence OF the existence in this CITY of 3
secret Chinese society, Hip Yee-Tong,
formed TOR the purpose of the prosec1-
! ton OF the traffic in Chinese women
sold for lives of prostitution. Seven OF
It's members were arrested, II consists
o. three hundred and fifty men. The
officers are after more circumstances
leading to the discovery of the fellows.
Several weeks since the chief of police
received a letter from three Chinese
girls, which, translated, reads:
This letter was written with our
wish. We are three poor girls. kent bv
an old man, All Can, and an old woman
All Die, as slaves, to make money for
them by prOstituting our bodies. Unless
we make so much nightly we are whip-
ped and tortured. We would like to
lead more honorable lives. Will the
authorities of this city aid these Door
victims to escape from this disgraceful
life? We will be grateful.n
The girls could not be found. A few
days ago one Of them, All Sing, escaped.
fled to the City hall for protection. and
was sent TO Rev. DR.. Gfbson's Chinese
missiOn-schOOl. There she was married
by him to Vat Lung. A few nights since
Vat Lung was taken before the Hin
Hee-T Tong society, and there told that he
must, under the penalty of death, pay
the brothel from which All Sing escaped
three hundred and fifty dollars, the price |
OF the girl. She returned to the mission. |
at claims that he is afraid to 20 on the
street. Yesterday he received from Hen |
Lien Po, member of the society, a |
characteristic, threatening letter:
Yat Lang:
DEAR SIR-Intimate friend; I write
nothing that is not important. A few
days since desired with you to seek
some business satisfactory to the heart.
Now hear you led the police to arrest
Hon Chan All Yee on complaint of fore
ing girls to a life of prostitution. This
Is no small matter. / fear Hon Chan
viii have no place to stand, so l tell Won
lor great mercy. You fled to the school
What do you mean by this? | do NOT
know. Some say to hide for a short
lime from the fearful power of the Hin
ee-Tong society. / think not, for Won
are man Of understanding and virtue.
Mhy do you allow this matter? Paw
hong Chan one hundred dollars All
WI be clear as ice melting before water
iettled. rToe-', All can al NC {
m the rooms of the Hip-Yee.Tono so.,o,,,
The police found large rolls eontainino !
he names Of the women soid. the '
amount paid for each; the amont ov,ad III
imilar societies exist. Every efsort Iii
,e made to break them up. "''i
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DIED.

SLAUGHTER--At the residence of his
parents, IN THIS city, on the evening Of August
"a, ROBERT \. SLAUGHTER, in the twenty
nrst year of his age.
me friends and acquaintance of Chas. d.
ana juliet L. Slaughter and family, are re-
sPectfuIly invited to attend the funeral from
thelr residence, No. "a MOsby street, at half
past four o'clock this SUNDAY afternoon.
services by Rev. Geo. c. Harris. Carriages at
the residence.
OhNSON-Sa-urday night at u O'Clock. of
@ @nsui1onla, HOMER F., only son of Geo. W.
The funeral will take place this SUNDAY
afternoon, at three O'Clock, from the resi-
dence, l4l Washington street. Friends and
acquaintances of the family respectfuIIv in
vited to attend.
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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.

a TRIBUTE of the Confederate RELIEF 1Sco-
citation, md the surviving members of the
lOitn tennessee regiment, TO the memory of
Captain B. B. HUTCHEsON:
our deceased eomrade was born in the cftyt
oI richmond, virginia, in 1892, and died at his
July, 1873. He removed to Memphis in Iss5
ana early IN 1851 Joined the Confederate army
he was elected Lieutenant of the Reaurs-
sarus, a company in the 18TH Tennessee
regiment, and was afterward promoted to the
Captalncy of his company, and served in thar
capacity TO the end of the war After the war
ne returned TO his home and engaged in act
I've business until the close of his life AS a
man ne was a gentleman-sterlinc honest
ana upright. In his habits he was temperate
industrious, and in all things exemplary AS
a soluler ne was model. In camp-genfal
social ana brotherly; and in the field ready
and manly. In authority he was
positive and just, and yet so gentle and con-
slderate that the rigidness Of discipline was
not felt Dy those under his command He
never played officer except when on ciutv
Hutch" as the boys j" called him. was q
nobIe Fellow! Those who knew him best loved
nm most; In his death the community has |
oSt good citizen, of true and modest worth
MS fellow-soldiers have lost a beloved ami /
lOnored comrade, and his bereft wife and lit /
ie one nave lOSt--mOre than all! These have
lur tenderest sympathy, and we will love and /
'herlsh them for his sake. He was spared in Il
9attle, ne survived the war, but he has gone /
ioWn in peace, like the trunk that falls in the
midst OF calm after the tornado has passed |
HIS good sword is rust, his body Is dust.
AND mis- souls with the saints we trIlst
JNO. NJ. CARMACK.
MINOR MERIWETHER.
]. z. STRANGE,
NJ. MAGEVNEY, JR
w. r. LUCAS,
w. f. SIMMONS,
Committee
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The director of the suspended Hobo
ken savings.bank says that the doors
were not closed for want of funds, but to
allow an examination to be made, so as
to ascertain the exact amount of the alb
sconding officers defalcation. The liza
bilities are placed at one million twenty
three thousand dollars, and assets at
one million thirty-one thousand seven
hundred and forty-three dollars.
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MISSOURI MEDICAL COLLEGE,
announcement and Catalogue for IszS-4
Ready. Send for Ihem

DOh1NG the present year great and i'm
- - portant changes have been made in this
SOnese- Ihe Faculty have secured the exelu
slVe control of st. Johns Hospital (in addition
70 the other hospitals heretofore connected
win the Collegel and aie building an elegant
anu anu eoinmodlous College Edihce in Immediate
connection with the Hospital, so that the Col
s tssge anu hospital viii be in reality one exten-
saVe building, fronting upon three streets
Snrlsty avenue, Twenty-Thtrd and Morgan
streets-the wards of the Hospital communi-
eating with the lecture amphitheaters Of the
Oolege. FOR further particulars, address
J. s. MOORE, NJ. D., Dean,
aus 523 Walnut street, st, Louis, No,
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5STARKvILLE, in Winston county, is
almost crazy TO have a little road to
Macon, in Noxubee county, Mississippi.
A narrow-gAuge, that would subserve
even present necessity, and for years, of
Macon and Starkville, need not cost ten
thousand dollars per mile.
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Bishop Glossbrenner, of the United
Brethren, has declined the doctOrate Of
livinity conferred upon him by Otter
pein university and Lebanon Valley
.Pennsylvania) college. His reasons are
frankly given, and are to the effect that
titles are inconsistent with the simplici-
~ Of the gospel.
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Suits have been commenced in Gin
cinnati by the Amazon and Triumph
insurance companies against J. B. Ben
nett, in foreclosure for one hundred
and eight thousand dollars and seventy
seven thousand dollars worth of prop
erty to be sold, mainly the Clifton prop
eTty, owned by Mr.. Bennett.
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FARmERs, COnvENTIoN.

.EDIToRs APPzAL--The interest you are tax
Ing in the farmers convention, which IS L
convene in Nashville on the fifteenth Of Sep
tember, is worthy Of NOu. earnestly hope
You VIII continue 10 press the matter The
time is at hand wien the farmers should take
some steps toward appointing delegates. How
shall IL be donee That is question am will.
ing 10 submit 10 their better judgments. May
he you have plan. II 50, give IL 10 the pub
lie. OF course the railroads will give half
fare; but how about the hotels in Nashville ,
VIII they reduce their termss In any event,
let the farmers attend the convention. ItSi i'm
poUance Is Self-eyidsnt. East Tennessee.
presume, viii be represented. She ought to
De, as she had the honor OF calling Il. one
tiithg Is IN our way: We have cholers, more or
less all over the country, and therefore there
Is no way OF having public meetings 10 ap-
point delegates. The courts are interIered
with 10 fhe same extent Nevertheless we
viii do the best we can. Our farmers are anx-
lous 10 meet the farmers Of West and Middle
IenHeSSea They ought TO do so. Fol three
quarters Of "a century they have been as wide
apart a. 10 they had lived IN the moon
] hope gentlemen, you VIII not cease 10 agi-
tate this question until up TO the time of the
meeting OF the convention.
President East Tenn. Farmers Convention
hNoN WILLIE July SO, 1873.
We unite with our distinguished cor
respondent in pressing upon the farm
ers Of our State to send delegates to the
convention to be held at Nashville on
the fifteenth of September next. 1t is
the most important step they have ever
taken, and may, if managed properly,
and without interference from the politi-
clans who are watching and waiting
Tor 1t, be made the means of revolution
izing public sentiment in regard TO par
ties and stereotyped modes ofIegislation,
IN which the farmers have heretofore /
had but little part, and from which they
have had less profit The farmers owe
it to themselves and their future to sup
port this movement with all their |
strength, power and influence. The
whole number of persons in the United
States engaged in agricultural pursuits
is five million nine hundred and twenty
two thousand four hundred and seventy
one, nearly one-half of the laboring and
classes Of the country. They
are those who support the manufacture
ELS, and who have to paw the
high protective tariffs by which mil
ionaires are made in the larger .
cities. So large aid important I
4 class as this should have some organi- I
.ation through which to make their
wants known, and achieve redress of :
grievances in needed legislation from /
state legislatures and congress. The S
oranges are the best means at hand, and J
We hope viii be fully sustained. Now !
s the time to fuse these under one great h
lead, according to our State and federal s
ystem, and prepare for the active cam v
.aigns to come, through a proper con- q q
uct OF which the farmers may achieve n
n their ends. 70
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

oCoNNOR-The remains of the late JAMES
oCoNSoR will be removed from the vault at
winchester Cemetery, for fnterment in Cal
vary Cemetery, to morrow (MONDAY) after
noon, at three o'clock. Friends of the family
are respectfully Invited to attend.
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A telegram from San Antonio, Texas,
gives an account of more Indian out
RACES along the frontier. AT Faio CITY.
Perios Bridge and Brady's Greek, there
is great excitement, and the people are
abandoning their homes and crops.
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A correspondent of the New York Oh.
serUer draws pleasant picture Of sun.
day-schOol at Beyrout. "It is, he saws.
presided over by the pastor, Rev. Dr'
Jessup. The boys and men arrayed i'm
the various costumes of the east, and
the girls in beautiful colors, each with a
white veil over the head, presented one
of the most beautiful sights 1 have ever
witnessed" There are twenty-five Sab
bath-schoOls, with nine hundred schol-
ars, connected with the Syrian mission.
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IN MENTORIAN.

IheSe beautiful verses are from the Den OF
4. W. LANE, Eufala, Alabama, and were semi
fy ~ IIlend 70 the parents OF the lovely little
babe, SUSIE l.. L., who died JuIv il iS-S
very rarely are We permitted to publish auy-
thlng SO beautiful and yet so touching to the
neatts OF the many parents in this city who
have buried their heartss daarest tran.r,SS..".. " -
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.

THE regular monthly meeting of the Nfem
l. phis Building and Savings Association
viii be held MONDAY, August 4th, pm at
the office of the ---' -
GLOBE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co
No. Al Madison street. Stockholders are all
expected to be present. -
BY order G. H. JUDAH, President.
S. STURM, Secretary. ana
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j. ID. STEWARDS
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE,
11O Alabama Street, Memphis, Tenn.

FTlHE next Session of this limited and select
Il HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, viii com
mence on the
First Monday in September.
The course OF instruction embraces all the
branches Of a liberal English, Classical,
and Commercial Education.
The school building is ample; grounds ex-
tensiye; furniture new and improved.
For Circulars, address the Principal. ans
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FEARFUL CONFEDERATION.
Portland, Oregon, in AsIes-MiIIions Of
Dollars Worth of Property Swept
Away In an Hour.
Fwenty-Three Blocks, in the Heart of
The City, DestrOyed-Full Par
tieulars of the Ere.
Hundred ThOusaRd-DOIlar Flash Mt
ChicagO-A Fine Building Burned
Through Carelessness.
Destructive Fire the Result of Care.
Eegsneas

= Destructive Fire the Result OF Care.
icssaess.
CHICAGO, August ABOUT half-past
I'VE this evening fire broke cut in the
fourth story, near the elevator, in the
niagniiicent tlye-story marble building
belonging to the Singer rsewing-macbine
c2mpany, on the northeast corner of
Washington and State streets, and is
s5ill burning, with a prospect that the
eatire interior will be destroyed. The
baiiding was being fitted up for oecu-
Pancy by Field, Letter & Co. as a retail
afygoodS store, and was nearly finished.
D9t contained no goods. The fire is said
TO have originated through the careless
ness OF the eplumber at work in the fourth
floor.
The fire in Singer & Co.'s building to-
night was not subdued until the roof.
with its large sky-lights, the cornice,
and the entire upper floor were de-
stroyed, and the woodwork and plaster
ing of the other stories badly damaged.
The entire loss is estimated by the repre-
sentatiyes of the Singer company at one
hundred thousand dollars, upon which |
there is no insurance.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Old Folks.

y OCULAR monthly meeting at Chamber OF
~ Commerce, TUESDAY, August 5tb. ar 3
o cioek- Election Of Officers for next wear
anu rePort OF Committee of Arrangements for
next Annual Festival, at this Ineetfng FnII
attendance requested.
auS JOHN p. IRRELEVANT. Secretary.
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Notes from the POsiOliiee and
Treasury Departments Dau-
gerOus Conflict of Gold
Coin.
4 Wife Implicated in the Murder
OF Her Husband Political
and Financial Items.
A Joke on the Governor Of Mis-
sOuri-FOreign Summary
More Bender Victims
Etc, Etc, Etc.


81. Louis hOriGary Report for the week .
ST. LOUIS, August 2-Deaths for the
week ending this evening, reported by
the board of health, two hundred and
eleven; decrease from last week, thirty.
Seventeen deaths are reported from
cholera, and twenty-nine from cholera
morbus,
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Baptist Association.
Summer School.

OFFICE, OF MASONIC MUTUAL LIFE AsSTr-O
RANCE ASSOCIATION,
s}f FRONT STREET, Magnolia Block
MEMPHIS, Tenn, August 2. IS7S
At meeting Of the MASONIC MUTUAI.
"a LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCTA ALTON. or
Memphis, Tenn, the following proceedings
were had, and the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term:
@. W. /. CROOK. President
II. q. TRADER. Secretary
W. E. ROGERS, NJ. D, Medical Examiner.
The First National Bank of Memphis was
desi gnated as the depository for the funds OF
the Association.
Liza 0flities ............... 2.OO0 o.
Reserved Fund .. sol 4
G.. W. L. CROOK, President.
Il. q. TRADER, Secretary.
aus W. E. RDGE KRIS, Medical Examiner
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New Yolk noney Eaattera.

New YORK, August 2.-Specie ship
ments, S292, ,975, of which $500, 900 was In
gold coin. Bank statement-Loans in
crease, S597, 100; specie decrease, S977,-
100; legal tenders increase, S61, 500; net
deposits decrease, S277, 400; circulation
decrease, S37, 100.
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RAILROAD CATAsrRnpuI

LONDON, August "A dreadful
accident occurred this morning on
the northwestern railway, near Wigan.
on the Scotch tourist express train from
London. Twelve persons We're Instant
ly killed and:thirty wounded. Among
the killed is Sir John Anson. Many Of
the injured will die.
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Opinions Of the Press on the Defunct
''NeW State COnTeniiOn"-A
Bad job.
Nothing in it hut More Offices and Biz
Salaries for the "Outs," and
Heavy Taxes for the
People.
AlmOst Universal CORdemnatlOn-It was
the Most Absurd Movement of
the Times.

From the Huntington lTenn.) Republican,
There was q convention assembled al
jackson on the twenty-ninth ultimo TO
take into consideration the formation of
a new State, to be composed of the
counties of West Tennessee, a portion
of Alabama and Mississippi, and a
number Of counties Of Kentucky. Hon.
Milton Brown, who has been but little
heard of in political circles since his
bold and foTcible appeals in behalf of
the secession of the State from the
Union, appears TO bea prominent leader.
There seems to be a feeling among some
Of our people that there is a disposition
upon the part Of Middle and East Ten
nessee to impose upon our western por-
ton of the State. or course there is
nothing substantial i'll the position. or
the whole matter we will have more to
say in the future. There is a portion of
our population OF such an unhappy dis
position that We scarcely know how TO
take them.