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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-08
A PAYING MANUFACTURER ENTER
DnUGE


PRISE.
Hearing, yesterday, that twenty large
wagon-loads of lumber and building
material was sold and shipped during
the week to st. Louis, by the Memphis
wood-works, and fearing it was a mis-
take, we inquired into it, and take
pleasure in saying we found the report
strictly true. Pursuing our inquiries
further, we ascertained that the bust.
ness Of this home mandatory, though
still much lighter than it should be,
shows an average increase for the last
three months of fifty per cent. Their
box factory, too, is thorough success,
and the largest in the south. They pro-
posed, two years ago, to merchants to
deliver boxes at northern prices, thus
saving freight and drayage. This was
appreciated, and though it soon gave
them almost the entire trade, to their
credit be it said they have never changed
prices except to reduce them, which for
the second time they have recently
done. Mansfield & Co., the mammoth
druggists, inform us that till lately they
bought thousands of boxes in st.
Louis, but are now supplied with bet
ter box for less money by the Memphis
wood-works. They will allow no one to
them. Their stock of doors,
blinds, sash and lumber Of all kinds is
the largest in the south. We
do but simple justice when we commend
this home institution to the patronage
of our people, and uphold it ssan exam
pie of what such an enterprise should be.
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MEMPHIS AND ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis occasionally makes a great
ado over her cotton trade, and week
after week aud month after month bla-
IONS to the world her gains in this new
field Of venture. Her task is compare
lively an easy one, if she Accompanies
it generally as she does particularly in
the case Of the Texas trade over the
Cairo and Fulton railroad. Her cap
italists control that road and take care
TO discriminate markedly in her favor
and especially against Memphis. For
instance, in the matter Of cotton that
corporation charges two dollars and
sixty cents per bale freight on cotton
from TeXarkana, the southern terminus,
to Little Rock, something less than
third Ofthe way to 81. Louis, the north
ern terminus; whereas 1.-The soulIess
thingn carries the staple from Texar-
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kama to st. Louis for three dollars and
twenty-five cents per bale. We recall
this fact to the especial attention of our
merchants, that they may realize to the
full the liberal terms Of the Little
Rock railroad, which, in order to enable
us 10 compete successfully with
the future great capital of the country,
carries cotton from Little Rock to Mem
phis for only sixty-dve cents per bale.
This is something worth while remem-
bering, and should be an incentive to
all our mercantile houses to push for the
Texas trade, that we may have profit,
and the railroad so well directed by
Messrs. Greenlsw and Hugh Brinkley
may flourish, as one day it must, as the
great trsns-Mississippi highway to the
Pacific. With such backing as the Lit
tie Rock railroad company thus offers,
we ought to control the whole trade of
western Louisiana as well as Texas.
The people of those sections are with us
and for Us, and will help us il we help
o41psaly,ps
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THE following, touching the party
name, from the Jackson Wig and Tri-
6tne, is as sensible and logical AS it is
timely: at is time that all men in
our midst who have cherished a ira
ditional hatred for the word Democrat
should cease to do so. The party is
composed OF all that was best in mate
rial and principle in the two old parties.
Since the war in every locality where
the new Organization-acting under an
old name-has been in power, it has
shown its liberality. The present gov
ernOr OF Tennessee was a Wing. The
governor elect was Wing. The gov
ernor Of Kentucky was a Wing, and 50
was the governor OF Missouri. In nearly
every southern state the highest Offices
in the gift Of the party have been given
to those who called themselves by some
other name In the past, and it Is time
that the antipathies Of the old Wings
were dead. In most instances they are.
but this old, lurking feeling should fade
out utterly"
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ton that nobody can reprosch him for
anything he says or does. He affords
to vulgar minds the spectacle of
knave proud of his own unsppr0scha-
ole rascality. He seems TO have
oulged up above fertilizing soil
IF rcttenness; a rank, unwhole-
some and offensive blossom, I'M
parting neither beauty to the eye nor
pleasing odors to the sense. 1t was an
interesting question in political philoso-
Dhy, as well as morals, how much the
stomach OF Massachusetts could stand.
The nation looked on the recent contest
between Butler and Thompson with
anxiety. If the. people Of Massa-
ehusetts had reelected con-
fessed villain, it would make them
the flower and fruit of the knsve that
represented them; the sap, moisture and
vital strength which he drew from
sources where filth begat filth. But too
much carrion will nsuseate the stomach
OF buzzsrd, and too much of that still
more offensive putreiaction, Ben Butler,
was too much for the yentriels NAV Of
Massachusetts, and the old common
wealth became disgorging whale and
Ben. Butler another discharged Jonah.
This reputation of Ben. Butler on the
part Of the people of Massachusetts, is 8
hopeful sign. 1t is significant ]
of peace, tranquility, the decay
of sectionalism, and restored
Union. The defeat of such a sectional,
pestiferous demagogue will bring joy to
the hearts of all good men throughout
the country. 1t is an unerring indiea-
ton Of the determination of patriots,
weary OF strife and discord, to put down
extremists and to ele-
vate in their place men who will culti-
yate liberal and national views. The
iefest Of the bitterest, enemy of the
south in such State as Massachusetts
g harbinger Of peace, the precursor of
he immediate extinction of the mad
passions born in war, and the forerun-
ler of the day when the east and the
vest, the north aud the south, will be
lnited in a common brotherhood, and
III races will be proud of their prosper
)us and homogeneous nationality.
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THE GREAT AND SIGNAL DEFEAT,


The New York Times of Wednesday
.confesses the fullness and the meaning
Of what it terms the great and signal
defeats Of Tuesday, and says they are
due to the leaders Of the Republican
party who, despite its warnings and
those of other equally influential Re-
publican journals, insisted upon the en-
forcement of all their ruinOus policies.
A" All that could be done honorably,"
says the Times, "to avert this defeat has
"been done by us, but since the last
Presidential election, many of the
"party leaders have been deaf alike to
"advice and remonstrance. They have
apparently believed that the people
"would quietly submit to anything and
Everything, and that the party which
"they represented was indestructible.
Nothing short Of the events which we
"record this morning could have opened
"their eyes to the truth. If news
"paper warned them in a friendly but
"firm spirit against the policy Of
"blundering which they were pursuing,
ait was treated with mixture Of the
'insolence and arrogance which they ex-
"hibited toward all opposition. The inn
mediate friends of the administration
possessed themselves of an organ at
Washington, and filled it with disgust
stinQ ISLANDERS and with besotted argu-
''ments in favor of General Grant for
81 third term.' 1t viii be the lot Of the
President to discover, in commonwith
i'many great men who have gone before
chin, that foolish fiatterers and venal
newspapers cannot turn aside the
"current Of public opinion. The truths
(which he and his immediate sup
''porters refused to hear from the lips OF
friends they must now listen to to-day
"from the people at the polls"
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TRANSMISSION OF BLOOD.

An interesting experiment was per-
formed on Friday last in Fall River,
Massachusetts, by Drs. Julius Hoffman
and Louis Wayland, Of New York.
Herman Dubois had suffered from con-
sumption for five years, and had be-
come very weak and debilitated. Ply
sicisns advised him to seek q warmer
climate, but he had not sufficient
strength to avail himself Of this chance
of relief. DR.. Hoffman had tra nsfused
blood from animals, dogs and lambs, to
| the human subject with success in six
cases, and it was determined to make
the experiment upon Mr.. Dubois. DR..
Hoffman described the operation as
follows: ga healthy, active lamb was
procured and taken TO the room where
the patient reclined. The animal was
laid upon its side. An incisiOn was
made on one side Of the larynx, expos
artery was fully exposed, 8 liga-
tuTe was tied around the vessel, shut
ting off completely the blood cur
rent. At a distance of about an inch
an half below the ligature powerful
pair of forceps was applied to the artery,
COMPRISING the vessel perfectly. Thus
there was a space between the Igature
and the forceps which could be opened
without danger of hemOrrhage. A
small incision was made into the artery
in this inclOsed space. Then q glass
tube slightly bent was inserted into the
artery. a small isthmus OF construction
had been made into the part of the glass
tube inserted into the artery, which en-
abled the tube to be securely tied into
| the vessel. After the tube had been Sc
cured in the lambs artery, everything
was ready for work upon the patient.
In Mr.. DubOis's arm, the vein at the
| bend of his elbow connecting the basilic
and cephalic veins was exposed. A
bandage was tied around below the pro-
posed ineisiOn to prevent flow of We
| nous blood from the wound. After ex-
| posing the vein by an incisiOn an inch
long, fOrceps were placed above and be-
| low, shutting off the blood current from
space about half an inch long. The
| lambs neck was then brought close
to the patients arm, and the press
/ ure of the fOrceps upon the lambs
artery relaxed. The blood rushed
| through the tube, eXpelling all the air.
| Then the opposite end was skillfully
| inserted into the PATIENTS vein, and the
pressure Of the fOreep5 upon the lambs
artery removed. The bright blood leap
ed through the tube and entered the
system of the patient The stream was
kept up for one minute and forty
seconds. Then the compression was re-
moved and the tube removed. Yester-
day we heard from Mr.. Dubbos, and he
had sufficiently recovered his strength
to enable him TO visit warmer climate
this cold weather, with good prospects
of regaining his health. The lamb is
also alive and doing well, A lamb used
in the same manner in former expert
ment in this city is still alive, and is
now tied in sable in an adjoining
street. The human subject was so bene-
flied that he spent the summer in the
Catskills, and is now in Baltimore.
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THE FAIL OF BUTLER.

Dec grdtlas' Retributive justice is
personi6ed in the fall Of Benjamin f.
Butler, Of Massachusetts. For years he
escaped the vigilant search Of the watch
full goddess, anxious to perform her mis-
sion vengeance. But the faithful Mem
esis has at last laid her remolseIess hand
upon the bald head Of the suuint-eyed
fugitive. Terrible will be the retribu-
ton, and great is the rejoicing Of the
American people. 1t is in no partisan
sense that the south exults over the ig-
nominiOus defeat Of this bold, bad man,
for he is hated and despised by decent
men OF al parties. Ancient or modern
history furnishes no example Of char
acter 50 unspeakably mean as Ben. But
Ter. All cOncede that the inner man is
az hateful as the outer. He is permeat-
ed with villainy, and exudes it at every
pore. He has a nasty tongue, inspired
by the blacklist heart, that ever defiled
aud made foul the English language.
He il as cruel as he is cOwardly. OF
sensibUity, be has less than the beast for
which he is sometimes called. Cruelty
cold, heaTtless, pitiIess cruelty-has
been the invarisble rule Of his life
Among all his countless murders,
and tortures, and prosecutions,
and banishments, which made
hideous his rule Of tyranny and robbery
in New Orleans, there is not on record
one act of his clemency to which he
was not impelled either by avarice or
c0wardice. He is not ashamed OF his
infamy, and therefore has an immense
advantage over the rest Of mankind.
Butler is conscious Of his own moral OBJ
Iiquity, and is rather proud OF it. He
has so long eliminated conscience from
his calculations, that he can laugh at
the pretense OF il in Others, and even
mock at the reality. He ridicules re-
iigion. jeers at q christian life, fiouts
honor, reputation, truth and fair deal
ing, which gives him the huge satisfac-
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our mall industries Of all kinds, consist
ing Of the thousand and one articles that
we import from st. Louis, Cincinnati or
Louisville? Let us ask ourselves, have
they any better facilities for manufse-
turing these things, or any greater guam
tity OF the raw material, or more COM
mand Of the labor market? To all these
queries the reply must be, that the adj
vantages preponderate in our faVor,
Lumber, coal and iron sre easily accessi-
bic. The climate is such that outdoor
work Of all kinds can be carried on at
any season Of the year. No city IN the
Union has greater command OF the labor
market. Thousands Of men in search Of
work come to our city every week from
north and south, by the cheap travel on
the steamboats,, and east and west and
from every other point of the compass,
by rail. All these facilities afford I'M
equaIlsd means Of shipping goods in
every direction, which should be the
chief business Of Memphis, instead OF
importing. But what do we find to be
the case? Remove king cotton, and
Memphis would be no longer a city.
We bow down to him and do homage,
and perhaps we are justified in
so doing. 1 have DO desire to
abuse him. / would simply see
him little less absolute. Our working
men wander listlessly through the
streets, looking wistfully for the work
they cannot find, until those who are
the most energetic leave for other parts,
and those that are left sink into such
state that they do not care to work rs
long as they can possibly live without.
Hence We see it is not facilities, Taw ma
terial, or labor. The conundrum then
occurs, what is it? to which the answer
must be, the want of that very thing
that Memphis prides herself on the
most-speak it loW-enterprise. The
want of will TO set the ball in motion.
The stupidity and timidity Of capital,
that would fain get the dollars, but is
afraid to pick them up. Let US make
use of the capital we have here to do
these things, and by that means we
shall encourage flow of wealthy emil
grafton in this direction, a great deal
faster than by praying for it. We seem
to treat foreign capitalists as if they had
no brains. We are continually showing
them the extraordinary advantages that
would attend their coming to this sec
ton, and yet they will not see it. They
naturally reason, if the advantages are
so great why do they not make some
use of them at home? We do not be-
lieve it, so that it follows other cities,
with not one 1.-THE of the advantages
that Memphis really possesses, attracts
the attention of the capitalist, for the
only reason that the residents therein
show disposition to enrich themselves.
AS this subject is perhape more mex
hausts1le than the patience Of the ordi-
nary reader, will now subside, hoping
some more able pen than mine, and
strong arm and, above all, stronger
pocket, may be induced still farther to
ventilate the matter. Respectfully,
q w CTTJ.
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A few weeks ago the prince arch
bishop Of Breslau, in answer to q SYM
pathiZing communication addressed to
himself and his brethren by the meet
ing Of Italian Catholics at Bologna, said
that the German and Prussian eeclesi-
astieal laws had been expressly devised
for the purpose of destroying the divine
institution of the church, Of subjecting
priests to the arbitrary directions of 8
nOn-Catholic government, and for ulti-
mately driving them away from the
country. After some delay (tbe Berlin
correspondent OF the Times says) the
crown has determined to prosecute the
Breslau UItramontaine Schlesische Volks-
zett,nq, which copied the letter from an
Italian journal. The archbishop OF
Breslau, on account, it is supposed, Of
his being not only Prussian, but also
an Austrian prelate, has hitherto been
treated with marked Ieniency. Were
an accusation lodged against him in
Prussia, and were the bishop then
to retire to the Austrian portion of his
diocese, delicate questions might arise
between the Austrian and Pfussian gov
erDments.
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THE Jackson Wing and Tribune in
an able article reviewing the results
and possible consequences Of the DEM
Ocratic triumph Of Tuesday says that
sin the first flush ofits great victory the
Democracy Should renew to the people
of this country the pledges heretofore
made them" Of reform in the admins
tratiOn Of the Federal, State and muni-
cipal governments, for "during sixty
years of power the Democratic party
never failed IN any great emergency,
and now having been purified 10y adj
versity, renewed in strength, made wise
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The Pal Nal Gazette says, apropos
of the opening of the new operabouse
in Paris: SIT is reported ION no very
good authority that Nine. Pauline
Lucca had accepted an engagement at
the French opera, where she Is expected
TO appear almost Immediately after the
opening. Otherwise the list of singers
actually engaged-apart from Nilsson
and Krauss, whose services are apparent
ly only secured for the ceremonial of in
auguration-cOntains not one celebrated
name, and literally not one that would
be known outside Paris, except perhaps
that OF Mile Reboux, who was for
time member of Mr.. Mapleson's nu-
merous company at her majesty's opera.
The fact is, the glory of this establish
ment has departed, and neither AM
broise Thomas nor Gounod is capable of
it,F
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For the Sunday Appeal
VERSES.


Were all on earth Of fair design;
Were life one blisSful dream,
How soon would man for DLdtnncSS pine,
How stale LIES course would seem.
For scenes so pleasing to the eye
When first their charms are viewed,
II not, too oft, familiarly,
Their beauties are subdued.
When long accustomed to the fair
We SOOn ignore its worth;
All could we call ITS beauties rare
If all on earth were fair?
While tha young heart that has not known
The hope that IS in vain,
In secret signs, ignores its own,
Pines for the bliss of pain.
IT'S he who feels the curse of care
May well its anguish weigh,
And drinking deeply of despair,
The price Of rtrtUe pay.
Their contact makes us cold or blind
To all the charms of earth,
As though the course of lite we find,
Proof of their passing worth.
Yet truth, her gentle way doth wend
SO calmly here below;
Her very Idriky doth lend
seduction TO her flow.
iENrPHIs. July Is, 1874.
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His number in the Paris list of drivers
was thirteen thousand and twenty-five.
He had seen better days, but now he
drove a cab. He was sent, with others.
to carry wedding party from the
church to a wedding breakfast. In his
cab were placed the bridegroom and the
bride. He recognized in the bridegroom
a man who had once had him put in
prison for debt. Once fairly on the wav
he whipped up and drove away from
the other cabs and landed the bride and
bridegroom, badly damaged, after an
hours hard drive, in a desolate rural
district on the wrong road. They got
home at midnight. II was an epic ven
geRnce.
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by experience, it again comes forth
with wilder patriotism, truer cour-
age, and loftier purpose, to its most
difficult task, and, as we believe, to its
grandest TRIUMPH
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MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOB THEIR TRADE.

They Defy Competition in Quality,
Style and Price. Fits guaranteed so be as
good as can be made to order, and as they
bUy exclusively for cash, cannot be under
sold in'this or any other market.
In addition to their stock Of new and
desirable goods, they have large lot OF
Coats, Pants and Vests OF Broken Suits,
which they propose to sell regardless Of
cOst---many articles at say half the cost.
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mONOR TO wHOM HesoR is DUE.


We published day or two since
card from Mrs. Pickett, president of one
of the best managed and most provident
of our local charities, directed to Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, thanking that lady for
what everyone considered q very liberal
and generous donation of money. 1t
seems, however, that Mrs. Davis was
but the medium through which the
handsome sum reached the orphans at
the Church Home, and so she desires it
understood, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing note, which does but simple JUS
tice to the ladies OF Louisville, who, in
1878, signslized themselves in behalf of
our stricken people. We embrace the
occasion afforded by this note to add, in
behalf Of all classes OF the citizens of
Memphis, our thanks to Mrs. Luxe P.
Blackburn and Mrs. Unison Johnson,
and their co-workers, for this last mu-
nificent result of their noble work. Mrs.
Davis writes:
SO CouRT STREET, November :.
Mrs. W. 5. Pickett, President Church Home:
Your note conveying to me the vote
of thanks Of the board of managers of
the Church Home for the donation OF
the sum of five hundred and eighty-six
dollars and ten cents, from Mrs. Luke
p. Blackburn and myself, is before me-
The money was not donated by US indi-
vidually. During the epidemic l re-
ceived letter from one of the managers
of the Church Home, announcing the
needy condition of the orphans. At my
request, Mrs. Luke p. Blackburn and
Mrs. Unison Johnson, assisted by the
ladies aud gentlemen of Louisville, or
ganized and superintendent some cha
rades and tableaux for the benefit of the
Church Home. The proceeds were
placed to my order the day before you
received the draft. To Mrs Blackburn,
Mrs. Unison johnson and the ladies and
gentlemen of Louisville, are due the
thanks of the board for timely ana gen.
erous charity. l have the honor to be,
madam, very respectfully yours,
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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Be Not MisIed yPriCe-Lists!
B. LOWENSTEIN & BROS. will sell you Coed
Goods at Lower Prices than Other Houses
Advertise Common Goods at.
COME And JUDGE FOB YOURSELVES.
WE SELL

Better "A Brown Domestic at Sc than other houses sell lOc
Better "A Bleached Domestic at than other
Better Linseys 15c than other sell at 1Sc.
O4 Sheetng Pc than other houses sell lie.
Better Canton Flannel Zoe than other houses sell Il Lee
Better Alpaca at 25c than other houses sell at soc.
Better Skirts at 75c than other houses sell at S5c
Better ShaWls at 81 IS than other houses sell at 81.
Better Double ShawIs at 81 than other sell at So
Better ClOaks at S. than other houses sell at 81.
Better Blankets at 81 70 than other houses sell at So.
Better Cotton Pads Toe than other II 1e
Better POpln Pds IL Lee than other houses sell at POE
Better sell I5c
Better COrsets at 81 than other houses sell at 81
50 50 so sell ST.
Better Shoes at 81 so 81 than other sell 50 81
Better Hats 81 % 50 than other sell 81 30 81
Better s5c than other sell at 45e and