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SPORTSMHN'S CONVENTION.


A CONVENTION OF the Sportsnen OF Ten
| a nessee, those interested in the sports o.
| the Field and the enforcement Of the Gam'
| Law for the protection of game, and sucE
other matters may be considered Necessary
I for the actiOn of such sn organizationl d
| called to meet at the CITY OF MEMPHIS
| TENN on the evening Of May 1, 1874, for The
purpose Of organizing a state Sportsman T;
Association. zach Cub now Org1lizad IN
the state will be entitled 70 i've FOtes ia the
Convention, and these votes may be cast by
their Clubs, or by the appointment OF some
member OF the Convention, who shall have
DO ser to cast them for such Club on all cues
lions that NAV come befos e the Convention.
In counties or cities where there Is no regu-
lar organization, THREE delegates from each
county or city who may come properly ac'
cre1zed, with assurances OF a desire % aid
such an organization, will be entitled 10
THREE votes in the Convention, and these
vot may be east under the same "a ing as II
delegated from regular organized Clubs.
Each delegate or proxy should be furnished
W tn a certificate OF election or appointment,
signed by the President and Secretary Of the
Club which he represents; or II from any
county or city where there is no regular Or
ganization, such delegates VIII be welcomed
and viii be entitled to ail the privileges OF
the Convention.
The Convention will meet at O'Clock p.IR-,
at the Peabody Hotel, and proceed immeh-
ately to organize for the work before 70.
II is earnestly requested thai every shooting
Club, together with every county and city
throughout the state will be represented in
the Convention, as sub jects Of tn- pOrtance 10
every sportsman VIII be brought up and
acted upon.
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BOLIVAR.
Inc Narrow G8uge Railroad Convention
The People Must Take an In
terfsl in IL.
From an Occasional CORRESPONDENT ]

From an Occasional CorrespOndentl
BOLIyAR, April 81 write at the in.
stance Of several Of our leading citizen,
of town and county, 10 give you, anC
your people, a reminder OF the cOntem.
plated railroad meeting in Memphis, on
the twenty-second instant. We wish q
full meeting Of your city and county 10
meet US in council on that day. From
here east, throughout every county, the
people are alive and in earnest for this
Memphis and Knoxville narrOw-gauge
road. so far as we are advised, the diff
tidence, the lethargy is from the west,
IN all candOr, let me say, extending
70 the great and principal terminus,
Memphis. Can it be possible that you
fail % appreciate the importance OF this
road TO your city? II this town would
need its own interest, our people would
not raise a voice or give a dollar to ex-
tend il one mile JCeSt from here, and
Why2 Simply that II will be more i'm
pOrtant 10 Us that the road stop here.
From this point we have access to mar
kets and travel both north and
south, and once on the cars, either
for freight or passage, we can
reach the Mississippi river at Cairo as
soon almost as Memphis; and by rail get
10 New Orleans as soon you can. Let
the road be completed from Knoxville,
but stop here for even six months or a
year, and then see how much Of trade
and travel will be forever diverted from
Memphis. New Orleans aud Mobile on
the south, st. Louis, Louisville and
Cincinnati on the north. Notwith-
standing all these considerations, our
people want the road extended to Mem
phis, and with this view, we urge a full
attendance 10 meet us on tweuty-secOnd.
You may rely on a large delegation
from all the counties on the
line Of the road, al the way
% Knoxville. We have assurances
from ali the leading men along the
route that Governor Brown viii GER
tainly be there; also the president, Cen
eral Neely, and many Others. Harde-
man viii be represented in force. Please
call attention to the meeting editorially.
Stir up your chamber Of commerce,
properfy-holders, and capitalists, and
give US a hearty reception. By the way,
could you not suggest some appropriate
place for the meeting? Hope to hear
from you often Through the paper on
the subject before the twenty-seeond In
slant. @. P. F.
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MISSISSIPPE.

/ EdIneIs are trying lue JhNa pEOllDC
cOttOn-seed this year in DeSOtO.
Ben Tarver is making wonderful
/ cotton-picking machine at fernando.
The State grange Of Patrons of Hus-
bandTy in Mississippi is incorporated.
There are twenty-niue white and thir-
ty-four eolOred schools in DeSoto county
The Vicks6urger says the subjection
Of the white to the black race goes on
slowly but surely.
The fernando Press tells more Of tht
country about its place of residence thar
any paper in Mississippi.
There are only two hundred and forty
three blacks and twenty-nine whites il
the Mississippi penitentiary.
Vigorous efforts are making to estab
lish a cotton-mill in Aberdeen. They
are sensible people down there.
HandsbOrO Democrat: "The young
men Of this place are about to organize 3
division Of the Sons Of Temperance"
Monroe county makes a great and
| profitable hay crop on the magnificent
| prairie farms once cultivated in cotton.
Fashionable life in Vieksburg has
been crszed with delight by the brilliant
wedding Of Kate Smith and ii. +. VIII
son.
One sheriff employs sixteen deputies,
each at full pay, down ia fernando.
The court ordered the lawyers all to be
/ fined.
DR.. Lotion, Of Memphis, delivers a
Temperance Grafton tonight at Cold
water. He is an eloquent and able
speaker and thinker.
HanisborO Democrat Of the eleventh: /:
f'The press convention convenes in reg
ular convention at BrOokhaven on the
first Wednesday, the third day Of June.
We hope there will be a rousing meet
ing"
DR.. Harmon, an eloquent speaker, is
lecturing on temperance in north Misss-
sippi. It's no use. The people haven't
money enough to buy drinks all round.
The initiation bill will initiate their pock-
cts, perhaps, and then DR.. Harmon's
services will be effective.
It's blessing to have a nice supreme
court. They have one in Mississippi
which declared a negro woman the wife
of a white man, though she had a negro
husband at the time and for years, and
had never been divorced. The court
tuaDieu hati-DIeeus ~ get lhe Wulle
mans property after his death.
Negroes were in the habit of Tobbing
Buriel Perry's cOrn-crib, down in the
classic wales Of Panola. -Buriel wanted
a burial, and especially did Buriel itch
10 incinerate, or otherwise celebrate the
funeral Of the thieves. Buriel's crib was
a deadfsll. He got them cabined, crib
bed, confined. 1t seems that one negro
pried up the crib, while two Others in
serted their heads and arms through the
opening, and raked out the corn. Buriel
was watching the interesting proceed
ing .'by moonlight, slone.n His gun
was leyeled at the weight on the long
end Of the lever; there was an explosion;
a negro fell; the lever went up;. the crib
came down, and there were three corpses
for burial.
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SOUTHERN NEWS.
KENTUCKY.

Franklin has debating club and 6
skating rink.
A lucky ticket, calling for seven thou,
SAND five hundred dollars in the Louis.
vile lottery, was held by a man in
Franklin.
1.-THE Bowling Green Democrat says:
''Farmers who ought to know predict
the largest kind of crop of fruit in the
southwest this year,
Says the Bowling Green Democrat!
"From every portion of Kentucky come
TO US the most cheering accounts of the
growing wheat-crop.n
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'RELIGIOUs SERVICES.


CHELSEA BAPTIST cHuRch : Rev.
W. ID. Mayheld. II 81 37f p
ZIoN HALL, BEALE STREET. Divine
service this afternoon at O'Clock.
SAFFARANs STREET M. Il. CHURCH
SOUTH, Chelsea Rev. ]. G. Hook. pastor. n
CHURCH OF THE Coop SHEPHERD--
Services at II am. and pm. BY Rev. ?. 5,
ST. MARY's CHURCH-R Poplar street.
Services morning and evening Rev. George
Harris, Dean. -r alf
GRACE (EPIsCoPAL) CHURcH.-Ser-
vices at II Am. and "a pm Rev las. Car
michael rector. ~ ..l 81
CALVARY (EPIscoPAL) ,CHURcH.-
Services in the morning and evening. Rev.
George White, rector. @
ALABAMA STREET PREsBYTERIAS
Church-Sefylces at II am. and n pm. Rev.
j. y. Stecmans pastor.
MEMPHIS BETHEL Corner Front and
Ezchangc Notwithstanding at Il am. Rev.
George Havel, pastor. raI
GEORGIA-STREET NJ. z. CHURCH.
Divine services at Ii am. and 7:45 pm, by
Rev. Edward Slater, jr. -.
HERNANDo STREET METHODIST
CHURcH-Seryices at II am. and at 7.30 pm.
Rev. L. d. Mullins, pastor.
FIRST CoNGREGATIoNAL CHURCH
n. D.
Rev. A. E. Baldwin. pastor.
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH Second
street near Bede. Services at 1915 am, and at
8 pm. Dr. Landrum, pastor.
LINDEN-STREET CHRIsTIANCHURCH.
David Walk, pastor Communion at l05E am.
Preaching at liz am. and pm
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Poplar and Third streeis.-Services at IL am.
and pm, by Rev. Henry Yerger.
FORT PICKERING (M. E.l CHURCH.-
Near Misunderstanding at II am. and ~
pm. Rev. VIM. Shimm1n, pastor.
VANCE-STREEr CUMBERLAND PRES
BYTERIAN CHURCH.-Rey. Eds. Gray Mclean,
pastor. Services at II AIN. and 20 pm.
The PROGRESSIVE UNION meets at
second Circuit Courtroom, sunday norm ng
at 10 O'Clock. J. L. Merriman. president.
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Corner Main and BedIe streets.-Seryices at II
am. and ~ pm. Rev.W. Z. Boggs, pastor.
ST. JOHN's NJ. f. CHURCH. Corner
Of Vlnce and LauderCsdle Sfreets.-Preaehing al
Il am, and at IL pm. L. A. Rudesiil, pastor.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Nedr Cor
IeT Of Second ana adams strsetS.-Preachtnga at
IL am. and pm. Rev. Geo. a. Lotion, pastor.
THIRD CUMBERLAND PREsBYTERIAN;
CHURCH Chelsea, corner Fourth and LO0nsJ
streets.-Services by Rev. L. &. Taylor, pastor
at II am. and pm.
II JhoI hEIHODlSI OHUhlh-OOI1ttT
Poplar and Second streets.-Services at II am
by Rev. U. A. Darby, of Columbia, $. q. Ser
by the pastor at IS pm -a.
UNION STREET PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, Union street near MdTSIsGH dUe7llse.--
Divine services az II am, and at 81 pm
Rev. A. ShotweH, pastor.
CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH -
Union Street.-Services at II am. and As PM.
by Rev. e. g. Slater. Subject in the morning:
"The Power Of Temptation"
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MEMPHIS TENN. SUNDAY, APRIL 10. 1874.

ex-COnfederate generals and pseudo
chivRlry. He has proclaimed martial
law through his so-called brigadier-gen-
eral, Tom p. DOckeTy, military
governor of the city, and issues
general order No. /. The call
falls still-born, and Is ridieuled and treat
ed as a stupepdOus farce, somewhat
augmented by the war-record Of the
doughty brigadler-general and military
governor. Governor Baxter has ap-
| pointed his State officers and military
organization from the Bourbon Democ-
racy and chivalry Of Arkansas, and his
partisan appeals to the country for men
and aid fail in the expected enthusiastic
response he hoped. Jacksonport, upon
which he confidently relied for re-
inforcement of two hundred men, re-
sponded at the public meeting called, by
two volunteers. Governor Brooks holds
the statehouse with force of several
hundred men, which will be reinforced
by three hundred more tonight. Arms,
ammunition and supplies are plentiful,
and barricades have to-day been thrown
up in the statehouse yard, and every
means taken to prevent a surprise by
the opposing forces. Two field-pieces
command the approaches from the
street and river, and the windows are
bristling with bayOnets. The aspect is
anything but promising for q success
full assault, since an eDfilading
fire upon the attacking force, must Ie-
suit most disastrously. Governor Brooks
has possession of the executive office,
records, and great seal of the State, and
has the countenance and support Of
Chief-Justice Mcclure, the secretary of
state, auditor, treasurer, and all the
State officers, besides the leading men
of the Conservative, Democratic and
Republican parties, as a unit, among
whom may be named the State judicia-
ry, Generals Upham, CattersOn and Fa-
gan, well known COnfederates of influ-
ence; Colonel Lee Thompson, Of like
record and repute; Ex-senator B. +.
Rice, c. w. Tankersley, S. r. Harring-
ton, NJ. L. Rice, J. l.. Hodges, NJ. H.
Benjamin, and many others. The as
pect is threatening, with no collision as
yet, though mutterings are heard of
portentous storm.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. April IS.-Major Kra-
mer, of Little Rock, has telegraphed
Attorney General Williams for aid in
preserving the peace of that city in view
Of the present extraordinary condition
of affairs, and has been answered that
the officer commanding the United
States troops at Little Rock has been in
structed to prevent bloOdshed. The at
tOrAey-general, in his reply, asks if the
people Of Arkansas have not patriotism
enough to allow the question as
to who shall hold the State Office to be
settled peaceably and lawfully, and not
to bring upon their State disgrace and
ruin by civil war.
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TELEGRAPHIC GOSSIP.

The wrecked steamship Nederland is
again afloat, and is being towed to Phil
adelphia.
HOstiliIies in the north of Spain are
suspended in consequence Of excessively
bad weather.
The aggregate of corn, wheat, oats,
barley and rye raised in Nebraska III
1873 amounted to 9,0l9, $50 bushels.
A coal-oil lamp exploded and made
business for insurance companies in
Omaha yesterday about two thousand
dollars worth.
John Pfeffer, distiller of Cincinnati,
fell into q vat of hot water in that city
yesterday, and was so badly scalded that
his life is despaired of.
The New York bank statement shows
loans decrease, Sol, 900; specie de-
crease, 1921 800; legal-tenders decrease,
S409, 800; deposits increase, Sl47, 200;
circulation increase, S42, 5000; revenue
increase, Sl,079, 125.
A dispatch from Los Angeles, Califor-
MIA, says that Vasquez and his gang
have again eluded the pursuing parties,
but are in position from which it will
be very difficult, If not impossible, to es-
cape. Vasquez's exploit in robbing men
within four or five miles of Los Angeles
city caused much excitement there.
The funeral Of DR.. Livingstone took
place yesterday morning at Westmin-
ster abbey, in London, and was attend
ed by great crowd, including full
representation from the Royal geo
graphic society. The queen and prince
Of Wales sent their carriages as marks
of respect, and Baroness Burdett Coutts
sent beautiful flowers. There was spe-
cial funeral service early yesterday.
Another will be held by Dean Stanly
to-day.
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THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
The New York Committee aud the Presi
dent-Answer OF General Grant
to the Memorial Presented.
The Boston Committees President
According TO Grant-The Presi.
dents Views Unchanged.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE COM
mittee appointed TO present to the Presi-
dent petition signed by about two
thousand five hundred bankers, capital
lists and merchants OF New York, asking
him to veto the senate finance bill, or any
other bill tending TO initiate the currency,
discharged their mission to-day. Be
sides the committee, there were present
Senators Carpenter, Logan, and Terry of
Michigan. Cyrus w. Field presented
the petition. A. A. Low, in bis address,
said they wanted the veto to avert what
they regard most disastrous blow to
the credit Of the country, and was fol-
lowed by S. S. Chittenden.
The President, in reply, said he had
watched the progress of the bin through
congress with more interest than he had
any other measure before that body since
he had been President. He had at all
times been entirely free in the express
sion OF his views, and was always op-
posed TO expansion without redemption,
and in favor Of free banking, accompa-
MED with such legislation as would carry
out the pledges of congress and his party
in the direction of resumption of specie
payment; bat he had to look at this mat
ter little differently from the views of
this committee. They show very well
what they want, and may imagine, as
he might were he citizen of New York,
that the whole country want what they
do. The chairman Of a similar commit
tee from Boston, the President contin-
ued, called on him yesterday. II he
ever could be IN favor Of initiation, il
would be from the effects of such an ar
gument as that gentleman advanced
against it; but that position was unlike
ly to be the one Of this committee from
New York. The gentleman from BOs-
ton, in behalf of those whom he repre-
sented, started out with condemnation
Of what he (the President) had always
believed TO be right, speaking as if he
were wrong. They opposed the pur-
chase Of United States bonds with the
surplus from the United States treasury,
and if he had acted as the Boston COM
mittee wanted him to do, he would have
kept such surplus in the treasury until
there was not a greenback in circulation.
These bonds were purchased at his own
direction. Another argument was used
in the Boston memorial shat the issue
Of green backs was of doubtful legality,
and was to be deplored, and had to be
sustained by bare majority of one in
the supreme court as war measure. In
conclusion, the President repeated that
his views on this question were already
known as against initiation, and as op-
posed to the breaking away from the re-
demDtiOn of pledges.
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OFF FOR TEXAS!
PUBLIC SALE
OF
HOMEWOOD!'
SHELBY ST. PROPERTY,
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1874,
9. W. cor. Main 6 Madison Sts., Memphis

| TIHIS is q rare chance to secure a perfect gem
| IN the meantime, Will sell at public sale, 70
! the highest bidder, at II O'Clock, on SATUR-
DAY MAY %, at corner Main and Madison
! streets, 3" HOMEWOOD," that most elegant
/ and desirable suburban home, fronting the
I Charleston railroad, and just faT enough out
| side to give exemption from city taxes ana
! epidemics, and yet of quick and convenient
access to the center Of bus ness. The dwell
/ Ing Is OF modern style, tasteful, convenient
and substantial: servants accemIn nOdatlons,
gardeners lodge, stable, caTTtage-hnusei splen-
| did vegetable garden, fruits, nOWers, forest
grove, lawn, etc. The grounds are most taste
| fully laid out and embelllshed, and the whole
premises in hrstrate repair and ready for i'm
mediate occupancy. The title is perfect. I'M
! mediate possession given
The purchaser can make good terms for the
carpets, parlOr, diningrOom, chamber and
kitchen furniture; otherwise. these viii be
sold at auction, within a few days after the
sale Of the homestead, and by more SPECIFIC
announcement hereafter. Interested parties
are referred to Photographic views OF "a hon1e-
wood, now on exhibition at several promi-
ly, and are hereby invited, to a personal and
careful inspection OF the premises, which
may be had at any time, by appointment with
TERMS OF SALE-Cash, or short date
equivalent, with privilege TO the purchaser OF
arranging TO suit his eonvenieDce, the pay
ment within twelve months, AZ any balance
above, or in excess, OF ten thousand dollars
! tsl0,0O0), which may be obtained for the
property, bearing ten per cent. interest, and
secured by lien on the property.
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PROBABILITIES,
DIED.

PODESTA-In this city, on the morning oi
April 18th, at 4 O'Clock, OPHELIA ROSE, be-
loved and only daughter Of l.. and Jennie Po-
desta, aged years, months and 7 days
louisville papers please cOpy.l
Funeral will take place from the family resi-
dence, No. l4S Desoto street, this SUNDAY
evening, at O'Clock. Friends and acquaint
ances of the family are respectfully invited tC
attend.
MONTANA-On Tuesday last, at the resi-
dence OF her father, in fernando, Mississippi
EUDoXIE, wife Of A. Z. Montana.
COOKE On Saturday, April ls ls74 at ? am.
WuIIAM Cook, aged 5Fyears.
Funeral this SUNDAY evening at O'Clock
from his late residence, No. 90 Bradford street
Friends and acquaintanees Of the family arr
invited to attend.
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would be taken mp unless by consent; inyoiv-
ing the exercise Of Jurisdiction in q case in
which the supreme court had twice, in we'll
considered opinions, decided that the circrii
court had, under the constitution and laws OF
the State, no Jurisdiction, Is one OF the most
extraordinary acts In Judicial history. Z
That the Judgment rendered therein Is
wholly null and void for the want OF jurisliic-
ton; is not Judicial act, but merely the prl-
vate act OF the individual exercising the
functions OF Judge, and OF the attorney of the
plaintiff who was accessory TO said proceed-
lngs, and does not afford, in legal point OF
view, the slightest pretext or color for the
revolutionary proceedings which have been
oSfansibiv based upOn 10.
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ADDITIONAL RIVER NEWS.
METEORoLOGICALR RECORD.
SIGNAL. SERVICE UNITED STATES ARMY,
MEMPHIS, TENN, April Is, lS74-
5. W. RHODE, Observer.

BY TELEGRAPH.
VICKsBURG, April IS.-Weather cloudy and
warm. River rising. Port list: Up: Fanny
Lewis. Down: John +. TOlle, Charles Bod
mann. ..- ... o ---....
CINCINNATI, April ls.-River rising, with
IS feet inches in the channel. The weather
it cloudy. No arrivals. Departed: Ben Frank
lin, Memphis; John ktlgour, New Orleans
NAsHyILI.E, April Is-The river is falling
with Il feet IL Inches on Harpeth shoals
Weather cloudy, and prospects of rain. Nc
arrivals or departures except local packets
PITrsBURG, April Is. = River, II feet
pleasant all morning. No arrivals or depar'
lures except local packets.
ST. LOUIz, April Is.-weather clear and
warmer River falling slowly. Departed
City OF Helena, Vieksburg; II. e. Yaeger and
Future City, New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, April IS.-Weather rainy
and warm. River falling, with 8 inches
below high-water mark Of 1871. No arri'
walls. Departed: Warner and Oarges, Cinc1n'
natl; John A. Scudder, 81. Louis.
LOUISVILLE, April lS.-The river is stationa.
ry, with l3 feet full in the canal and II feel
in the Indiana chute on the falls. Weather
clear and pleasant. Business goods. BOats
up: Pat Rogers, TO Cincinnati. No boat
down, except coal-boats.
EVANSVILLE, April lS.-Weather cloudy
and cool, with the mercury ranging from 42
to co.. River falling, with 50 feet inches in
the channel by the mark. Business very
light. Port list-Down: Grand Lake, am
Up: Mary houston, am.i Auegheny beHe
4p.m
Carlo, April Is, Noon.-Weatber cleal
and cool. Arrived: City ef Chester Mem phis
2 am; MinneOla, Cincinnati, Ta.m.; kfttif
Hegler, Arkansas river, am; Ashland, Ar
kansas river, am. Departed: City OF Ches-
ter, st. Louis, am; h1ttte Hegler, Cincin-
natl, and Minneola, Memphis, 10 am; Ash
land, Ohio river, 10 ight-Arrtved
Great Republic, ST. Louis, pm; James ID
Parker, Memphis, Ppm; Belle Memphis, ST
Louis, pm; St. Genevieve, Vicksburg,
pm. Departed: J. ID. Parker, Cincinnati,
The river has risen inches Weather cloudy
PROBABILITIES.
WAsHINGToN, April lS.-On Sunday, over
the eastern and middle states, sOutherly to
" cloudy weather VIII prevail, with possibly y
light rain over the northwestern portions.
For the south Atlantic States, east to south
east winds, partly cloudy weather, and over
the southern portion light rain.
For the Gulf States east to southwest
wtlds, cloudy and rainy weather
EDr tennessee, and the lower Ohio valley,
SOatherly winds, veertng to westerly, partly
cloudy weather, and over the former possibly
ii ght rain.
For the upper lake region aud upper Missis-
sippi valley, northwest to northeast winds,
falling temperature and partly cloudy
weather, which conditions VIII extend over
the lower lake region with possibly light rain.
The Ohio river above Louisville, and the
Mississippi from Cairo down, except possibly
at New Orleans, will continue rising.