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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-07-09

Loans & Discounts s2l4,l46 OG
Overdraits 4S3 II
u. Bonds to secure circulation 10000 90
Due from redeemingk reserve
agents 1889 66
Due from other National Banks 9S7' 70
Due from State banks & bankers ISL 81
Real estate furniture and fixtures, l4N63 so
Current Expenses and taxes paid 1851 l6
Checks snd other cash items, $50 10
Bills Of other National Banks l05 90
Fractional currency (nclud. NIckels) 500 IA
Specie, Including gold Treasury
Noes) SS9 SIS
Legal Tender Notes 1900 10
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-07-09

RESOURCES
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

upon uatil the return OF the investigat-
ing committee, which Is anxiously look
ed for. Senator Morton says that the
report Of the returning board will be
sustained in the senate without falter-
ing, and the Republican senators are
believed 10 be unit upon the point
The President continues TO keep himself
secluded, and declines TO see callers and
even Representatives. 1t is thought
from the action Of members OF the cabi-
net since the short special session Of
yesterday that some decided course,
possibly of startling character, is con-
templated by the President, and that ne
is maturing plan for its PRONUNCIATION
Immediately after, ifnot before, the close
Of the holidays.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

THE contemplated assignment of Gen.
eral Terry to the department of the
gulf, in place Of General Emory, is Civ
ing much comfort to the earpetbsggers.
And wei it may, for The Richmond
Wig ssys that Terry was, after the war,
one Of the military rulers in Virginia,
and managed 10 render himself extreme
ly unpopular. The people Of that State
rstsin the most unpleasant reeoIlecdons
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

John Goodman was executed at Otta-
wa, Ohio, yesterday.
The bark Estellide, from Liverpool, is
ashore near the north END OF Galveston
island.
Leroy Sherman, of indianapolis, In-
diana, committed suicide by shooting
himself Tuesday night.
A telegram from New York yesterday
says that Ex-senator Morgan has de-
ciined the mission to Russia.
Charles ReichstadPs tsnnery, on the
canal above Fourth avenue, was burned
yesterday morning. Loss i've ,hOussLd
dollars.
Three cars were ditched on the Menu
phis and Little Rock railroad nine miles
east OF that city yesterday evening.
Nobody hurt.
"A young man named Horace +. An
drews, well known in Cleveland, Ohio,
sui cided at the residence Of his mother,
on Huntington street, yesterday morn
ing.
Charles H. Porter, who has resided at
Omaha, Nebraska, for q few months
past, under the assumed name OF James
Fulton, was arrested there Monday,
charged with numbering his wife by
abortion last July.
Coburn and Buckner, of the congress
siOnal investigating committee, arrived
at Montgomery, Alabama, yesterday.
The remainder of the com mittee are at
Opelika, but will reach there to-n Orrow
and remain several days.
Robert J. Dallas, late cashier of Mol
sons bank, Toronto, and who robbed
the bank OF forty-three one-thousand-
dollar bank notes and fed, was arrested
in elizabeth, New York, yesterday, and
four thousand seven hundred and twen-
ty dollars was found in his possession.
A telegram from Washington says
the total amount OF mutilated currency
received from the treasurer by the con-
troller, since the passage of the act OF
six thousand eight hundred and five
dollars. nearly the whole amount Of
which has been re-issued in new nation
al bank notes.
A meeting OF operators aud miners
was held at the Mansion house in Phila-
delphia, yesterday, with closed doors.
A reduction of fifteen per cent. on con-
tract work, and about ten per cent. ON
miners and laborers wages, was decided
on, to take effect January l, 1876. A
committee was appointed to meet the
men at HazletOn to morFoW.
Governor Dix aud District Attorney
Phelps have approved OF the application
to the governor Of Massachusetts for the
pardon OF Spence Pettus, unier sentence
for forgery, 80 that his testimony may
be used to secure the convi stiOn Of Rob
erts and Gleason, now ia tine Tombs,
New York, and said TO be the leaders OF
3 skillful gang Of fOrgers and counter
feiters.
Wm. NJ. Evarts, senior counsel for
Mr.. Beecher, says ne does not think the
decision of Judges Nelson and Rey-
nolds Monday, on the bill Of particulars,
could be appealed from. Ia any event,
Dir. Reecfler does not intena 10 appeal,
and the case would 60 on as it is The
trial was set down for Monday next, and
80 far rs he knew, 1t would then proceed
to Its regular course, as stipulated. II
was certainly bis understanding that the
trial would go on.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
VICKSBURG.
The LegisIature and Congressional In
Tesiigating Committee at
Work.
The Official Frauds Of q Magnitude
Never Dreamed Of-SpeeIal
ElectIOH-HOlidays.
,eciaI to the Appeal

Special 70 the Appeal
VICRsBUBG, December 30.-The con-
gressional committee to investigate the
Vicksburg troubles arrived here to-day
and will go to work tomorrow. The
Legislative committee has been in session
several days investigating the frauds Of
the county officials. A Democratic
member of the committee says the frauds
are Of magnitude and diversity never
yet published.
Notwithstanding the Legislature last
week passed bill repeating the special
election law, the special election or
dered for sheriff will be held tomorrow.
The holiday festivities have been the
gayest and most extensive ever known
in this city.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
EsTABLISHED 18Ao-

The papers of Alabama continue to
congratulate their fellow-citizens Of Mo-
bile on the recent Democratic triumph
ID that city, whereby our party is put in
possession of the whole machinery Of
the city government. And Mobile pro-
poses to illuminate and have q torch
light procession over It.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
ADDITIONAL RIVER sRwH.
RT TELEGRAPH,


NASHVILLE, December 3O.-Riyer rising
with 10 feet inches on the shoals Sieeting
CINCIENATI, December S0.-River 10 feel
inches and rising. Weafhesr clear and cold
LITTLE Rock, December S0.-River rising,
with : feet2 inches by the gauge. Cold and
sleeting.
PITTsBURG, December sO.-River falling
with 10 feet inches. Weather clear and
cold.
EVANSVILLE, December SO.-CIoudy and
cold. River rose 81 inchesi Is feet inches by
the gauge,
NEW ORLEANS, Deceus Der 30 Weather
cloudy and pleasant Arrived City OF q uin-
cy, st. LOutsi Glencoe, 81. Louis.
VICKsBURG, December % Weather cloudy
and cool. River rose inches. Down: Flu
ture City and bargeS; Iron Mountain and
DSrges. Up: Lady Lee.
and very cold. Departed: Baker and Atlantic
New Orleans. River falling fast, and heavy
ice running; navigation probably closed.
LOUISVILLE, December SO.-River rising
fast, with feet 10 inches In the canal and
feet 10 inches in Indiana chute. Arri we'd
Nick LODgwOrth, New Orleans. Departed
Mary Houston, New Orleans.
CAIRO, December SO-NoOn.-Cloudy and
cold. River Is feet inches and rising. Ar
rived; st. Luke, Vieksburg; O. G.. Church,
New Orleans; 81. Joseph, Memphis; John
Kyle, New Orleans. Departed; 81 Genevieve,
Memphis; st. Luke, 81. Louis; Church, Gin
einnatii st. Joseph, 81, LOUIS Bruno, Arkan-
sas river,
PROBABILITIES.
WASHINGTON, December 81, l a.m-FOr the
Chic valley and the north west, generally clear
aud very cold weather, and winds shifting
eastegly and southerly. -
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

THE Little Rock Gasetts ssys that Ex-
Sheriff Oliver, writing to s fdeDd in
thzt city from Washington, says al the
plotters there need to accomplish the
overthrow Of the new State government
recently inaugUrated in Arkansas is
money, and asks, innOcenty enough,
we think, in view Of credit mobilieIs
and Pacific Mail subsidies, "ean il be
possi5leShat there is enough purchase
able material in congress to eieetuste
that which Oliver and his associates
seek: We hardly think so; and yet
Oliver says that aIi they need is money.
We refer the question to congress"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
DIED,

REEVES-EelstIves, friends and acquaiDt-
ances of Willis G. ard Jennie l.. Reeves, are
invited to attend tie funeral OF their only
daughter, IRENE, aged three years and six
days, from the residence OF her sister, Mrs L.
A. Jetfords, No. 1877 DeSOto street, at 8 o'clock
this morning. Services by Rev. @. A. Lotion
somerville and Upton papers please copy.
IRVINE-At his late residence on Union
street, yesterday at l00'clOok, OF in Inflammation
Of The bowels, BISHOP IRVINE.
His funeral will take place to-day at three
O'Clock from Collins chapel on Washington
street. Services by Rev. aEr. Martin.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

During ball at Centerville, in the
interior Of Anoks county, Minnesota, on
Monday night, an affrsy occurred be-
tween party Of Frenchmen and Felix
ROsinOld, French hslf-breed, vino was
killed, and his body when found in a
stable near by was cold, bis murderers
resuming their places in the dance.
The body was brought into the ballroom
and placed on the floor in one corner, in
plain sight of all the jewellers, and the
dance continued for an hour or two.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

A telegram from St. Paul says: "At
the provincial elections in Manitoba
yesterday, Hon. r. A. Davis, premier oi
the Manitoba cabinet, was reelected to
the provincial parliament for Winnie
peg, by fifteen majority, over CaptsiR
Scott .
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

Extreme cold weather prevailed at
various points last night, as follows: AT
Albany, New York, six degrees above
zero; Boston, ten above; EastpOrt,
Maine, ten below; Halifax, one below
Kington, Canada, eight below; Burling-
ton, Vermont, nine below; Montreal,
Canada, twelve below,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

Governor Beveridge, of Illinois, has
ordered a special election in the first
congressional district OF that State, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death Of
Hon. John b. Rice. The election is to
be held on the twenty. first of January
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

A large number of persons called at
the residence OF General John COchrane
in New York yesterday, to view the re-
mains OF the late Gerritt Smith.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
A COURT OF HONOR 10 INTERVENE.

A CUUkI OF HONOk 10 INIEkVENE.
No further steps have been taken in
regard to the projected duel. Upon
Governor Warmotn's liberation from
prison, which will prObably take place
tomorrow, the whole affair will now
probably be referred I'd court Of honor,
Nr. Byerly's death, which is universally
depiored, pgecluding any further pro-
eeedings Of a hostile nature.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
rURsDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1874

and found him much depressed in spi-
riis. He again EXPRESSED his pain aud
regret at the unfortunate occurrence,
which he apparently h,els keeDly. Dur
ing the day he has been called upon by
Governor NJ Emery, Lieutenant-G Govern
or Penn, and many other prominent
persons.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

nN account OF the market house being
" closed on New Years cay, It win be open
to-esT Crhurdayl from TO Y and from 10
O'Clock. W. h. PHILLIPS.
Market Master
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
Chamber of Commerce.

GPECIAL MEETING for consideration of
= matters Of interest connected with the
Memphis and Kansas City Railroad, viii be
leld THIS DAY, December Slst at IL m
members VIII please attend promptly.
J. n. PETrIGREW, President,
JSO. 8. TOOF, Secretary.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
BANK NOTICE.

ERtDAY, January l. 1875, being , legal hoii
L day, the I inst National BapS of nenphis
VIII be closed on that day, Paper Insturina
January |, Is71, Is due and payable THURSDAY,
w W TTkCuEE Cashier
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

There is growing feeling Of alarm
among senators and representatives as
to the condition OF affairs in the south.
While conversing freely Of the determi-
nation OF the Republican party to pur.
sue progressive and vIgorousn policy
from this time forth, they say that
special measures Will not be decided
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
SOUTH MEMPHIS MARKET.

The above sale Is postponed, on account OF
the weather, till THU RSDAY. Decem Der 81.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

LOUIsvILLE, December 50.-Much
trouble is expected at the Render coal
mines in Ohio county, Ke lucky. Some
weeks since the miners employed struck
for higher wages and the company pro
cured from Louisville an entirely new
set OF men. The new employees have
been frequently threatened by the strik-
ers, and yesterday ABOUT one hundred Of
the latter, some Of them armed, appear
ed at the mines and demanded that
work be suspended. The president OF
the company has applied to the COVER
nor for aid, but no answer has yet been
received.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

Your reporter visited Governor War
moth at the parish prison this afternoon,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

WASHINGTON, D. C., December q
Rev. j. NJ Cooms, pastor Of the West
ern Presbyterian church OF this city,
committed suiside here this morning
under extraerdinary circumstances. A
Sunday paper eontaiDed the following
paragraph: "For many months the
store OF & prominent bookseller has been
visited by msn veil on 10 years, and
neatly dressed, sfter the .cshion OF q
minister Of The gospel. he would WLls
around the store, examining books, read
Ing passages, bat nevcr making pur-
chase Lately our stationsT hss missed
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31
FUNERAL OF BYERLY.

NEW ORLEANS, Defender 27.-The
funeral Of the late Mr. Byerly was large
ly attended to-day. Over eighty car
r.ages we're in line, and hundreds Of peo-
pie followed on foot. Public sentiment
inclines to regard the homicide as jussi.
fable upon grounds OF self-de snse,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-31

r
louisville Ledger
The town OF Munfordville, it is gener-
ally known, wss the scene OF pretty act
i've military operations during the late
war. Il was a garrison, held by one side
or the other, from September, 1851, to
the close OF The war, and was the scene
Of several sharp engagements. An the
time there was an artillery force of
greater OF less strength at the post.
About half mile northeast OF the town
is knob Of no mean proportions. Upon
this knob were placed the targets used
for artillery practice, and scattered about
over It's sides are still to be found shot
and shell, exploded and unexploded, in
large quantities Since the close of the
struggle aud ths Inauguration Of the
new order of things, man and BROTH
er, who Is the fortunate pOssessor Of a
wife and sundry children OF various
sizes and sexes, likewise of a son-in-
law, "sQuat edr aud built himself
cabin, wherein be has been living in
peace and plenty-luxuriating upon
the TAT OF the land, 50 10 speak-with
ne'er ( cloud sthwart his domestic
horizon. One day last week a junior
member Of the household, while enjoy
ing the usual daily stroll OF recreation,
IN Quest OF baws and simmons, found a
conical si=-pound shell, which had lain
peacefully among the ROCKS since the
h@:r in which il whizzed from the "fortn
4 the "target,n in the days when the
"rehels" were around. This the juvenile
haw-hunteT carried TO the cabin, where
il was a matter Of great curiosity to the
other juvenile sons and Daughters Of
Ham. When ude ole mani came home
he promptly recognized t'de mersheen, u
and cautioned the family not, under any
circumstances, 10 let II get near the FIRE.
aEf 1t de, said he, Hit'll tar things wild
--itll b1st snd blow as all 10 nebbeF and
back.' This PE.e-nsl admonition
seemed only 10 serve rs stlnluiRnt to
, 1874-05-24

ST. LOUIS, May 23.-.lt the opening Of tho
third days session OF tho Presbyterian General
Assembly, this morning, . communication Was
received from Gun1d z. Allen, President Of the
Illinois and ST. Louis Bridge Company, inviting
the Assembly to visit tho great Eadal Bridge.
which is thrown open to the public for the f11s
time to-day. The invitation WAS accepted, aud
It 3 o'clock this afternoon the visit was made,
and the mighty structure inApectcd.
, 1874-05-24
Furniture!

We are offering Parlor Sets, Cham
Der Sets, Sideboard, Extension Ia
bles, Secretaries, Library Cases,
Dwarf Cases, Ladies' E'scritoires,
Hat Trees, Easy Chairs, Fancy
Chairs, Lounges, and Furniture Of
every description, 10 per cent less
than any house in this city.
Having manufactured and pur-
chased our entire stock since the
recent decline in labor and material,
we are enabled to sell
Cheaper than The Cheapest.
SPIEGEL & CAIN,
222 WABASH-AV.,
Between AdamR and Jaokson-gta
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-12
SPECIAL NOTICE.

sTsee Legislative committee notices o"
Aret mage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-12

a steamboat, subsequently he attended school
for time at Oberin, Ohio, entered politics
as Sereeant-at- Arms Of the Mississippi Leg
islature. and when elected was serving a.
Sheriff
"Does the razor go easy?' asked the bar
Der Of victim who WAS whiting under a
clumsy instrument, whose ebitf recommends
ton was strong handle. 'Well, replied
the 20 Of fellow, thar depends upon what YOU
call this operation il you skiaHi'E M,
is goes toerabjy easy out if yon s-y shaving
me- il gocs rather had
jams Nicholson, an ared ard respected
cj,iz-n o. M-rblehead, died day N two ago
at the age OF 81 years and was buried from
the church which he had served sexton for
the last thirty seven years, during which
time he had assisted at the funeral services OF
5000 people. For the last quarter of CEN
tury he had rurg the bell for twelve and nine
o'clock In his early life he followed the sea
and was one of the prisoners in Dartmoor
during the war of 1872.
The New York Post mentions as a sign OF
reviving trade the fact that the duties received
at the Cusiom House at that port on Friday
amounted to S706,772 Sc, being the largest
snm received on any day since the panic.
marked increase in the imports and duties
has been observable since the middle OF last
month"; the revival Of trade affecting nearly
every class of goods. Oh several days the
"a tbap xtDJ
Ruskin says he always gives the following
simple advice to Bible readers: 'Dont think
that nature (human or other) is corropt; don t
think that you yourself are eject out Of 1t, aud
don't think TO serve God 10y praying Instead OF
obeying."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-12
WASHINGTON MATTERS.

Ex-senator Patterson of New Hampshire
is in Washington with the view to try and III
duce the Senate to reopen his case in respect
to the Credit Mobilier. He claims that he
can show that great injustice was done him
last winter.
The bill now before the Committee on In
valid Pensions to continue pensions to wild
ows of invalid soldiers after the death of the
latter, is being strongly urged by representa-
tives of several Soldiers Associations through
out the country. Last Monday, bill was
introduced tor this purpose, and several pc
titions, numerously signed. have been pre-
scented in the House, praying for the passage
OF the bill.
The expedition now fitting out in Washing
ton, to make an examination Of the several
routes that have been surveyed for an inter
oceanic caual-or more especially the routes
by way of Darien and Nicarasua-will be
ready to leave in a few days. The commits
sion will be furnished with rations and trans
portation only, and will be paid no compen-
sation. The Getty sburg, now lying at the
Navy yard, will leave next Saturday for Pen
sacola. The commission will join the vessel
there, proceeding to that point by rail, anu
will leave that point on the 25lh inst.
The bill introduced in the House by Repre-
sentative Piatt of New York fixes the con-
peAsation Of the postmasters named at the
following rates, viz. AT New York, $4,000 I;
Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, at
IS 900 each, and Brooklyn, Baltimore, and
Cincinnati, Sc, 1000; provides that such sala-
res shall be paid from moneys received at
the post. offices, from box rents, sales of pos
tage stamps, and other sources in excess OF
the expenditures allowed and made thereat
for rent, clerk hire, fuel, lights, furniture,
stationery, printing, and the necessary Incl
dentals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-12

name was comparatively unknown, and this
work was published in New fork and London
A few years afterwaId. 1t engaged the atten-
tion Of Protestant theologians as being WORK
noticeable for its boldness and acuteness'
The design of the work was to establish lot
Christianity a NEUROLOGICAL basis instead OF
historical one, and to resolve the gospei mo
a series of popular legands. The secono part
of his work was devoted to assigning ne"
meaning to the New Testament ~ means oi
the He eeiian philosophy. The statements IN
this essay called forth replies ON exegetlcai-
historical and philosophical grounds, IRON
the most biblical and patfisticaj sch"IHTs Iii
Germany. France, England ard America.
St,auss was. on account of this, deprived OF
hi. positiou as repentant, and he afterwards
became q teacher IN LudwIgsourg and Suit
ysrt. The minister OF public worship IN ber-
lin asked the advice OF Neaader re gaidins the
supnresson of the book, and his answer was
that it should be answered only In the forum
o, science In 1887 and 1888 Strauss replied
in four volumes. He was invited to the uni
versity of Zurich in 1889, in spite OF strong
opposition, as professor Of jognatics and
church history. While occupying this place
he wrote number OF important works. pu'
soon afterward resigned the proiessorshlp. IN
lS4S he was an unsuccessful candidate lor Tue
parliament at Frankfort, being defeated IN his
own town. His constituents nevertheless
chose him afterwards to the diet Of w urtem-
berg, in which body he placed himself among
the conservatives. A few months ago he pub
lished the "Old Faith and the New, which
has bsen reprinted in America this year.