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ESTABLISHED 1910.
IHE BARTLATr movEmENr

The Bartlett movement originated in
appointments determination on the pant
Of the tax-psying people of Shelby to
elect good men to Office. From its
incipieney to the close OF the canvass on
Thursday last, the press supported the
movement with a zeal that never tired.
The movement originated with the peo-
pie. 1t is true little eoterie held dark
lantern meetings, and assumed the role
OF leaders, but they had no more to do
with the movement than the fly seated
on the wheel Of chariot has to do with
the cloud Of dust which follows the
march Of the vehicle. The Bartlett
movement emsnated from tax ridden
people, anxious to save themselves from
irretrievable ruin. 1t was intended to
embrace Democrats and Conservatives,
and all who looked with alarm upon
Radical ascendancy, as that party mad
ruined wherever it ruled. Such move
ment, broad iB its views, and embracing
every element Of succes IS, is far differ
ent thing from the little popinjays who or
ganized select tes-psrty, formed them
selves into a ring, and solemnly decided
who should be taken into the ring and
who should be excluded from its hal
lowed circle. When the bee, buzzing st
the tSil OF the comet, saw the upturned
sea Of gazing faces, it proudly exclaimed,
Mr.. Comet, what q sensation we are
creating below" and when the little
ring saw the press and the people were
pushing forward an enterprize which
bad the enthusiastic support OF every pa
triot in Shelby county, they ceased to
issue tickets Of invitation to their select
tea-psrty, or bulls Of accommodation
against those who were working for the
movement while they were sleeping ar
seeking pleasure. The Bartlett move
meut originated with the tax-paying /
people-tbe hsrd-fisted yeomsnry Of the |
hills and hollOws-and the assumption /
of the contemplate little ring only ex-
cites their deTisiOn. The day has passed 4
when a clique, whether large or small,
can assume to do the thinking of any con-
siderable portion OF the people of Shelby.
1t is brazen impotence for any one man
or set of men to claim the paternity and
direction of great popular movement
the origin OF whose strength was the
deep-sested conviction that the public
necessity demanded that only those
should be chosen as candidates whom
they knew to be thoroughly imbued
with the spirit which animstes them
and cspsble of giving it voice. The
people Of Shelby have set their face
against rings. II it be true that the
Bartlett movement is the creature Of a
ring, we will find the
same set manipulating future elections.
They will demand q new executive
committee to-day of their own selec-
iou; they will send out tickets to the
select few and make 8 slate for con-
z ress, for State senators and members Of
the house Of Representatives. Let every
thing be done by the people in open con-
vention.
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HORRIBLE.
Another Female Monster and Rrute-
Her Victims and shtir ReBains.

ST. LOUIS, August 1O.-Another hor-
ror has come to light here involving per
haps the lives of several persons and a
number of infants. Madame Fortin-
meyer, midwife residing at1sI Morgan
street, was arrested yesterday on the
charge OF committing sn abortion upon
the body of q young mulatto girl named
Lena Miller, who wss found dead ia her
house. Another young woman was
found lying very sick and in great pair,
aud was removed to the hospital. a
skeleton Of an infant vas also found in
the house, and the partially burned
bones Of tVtVs was dis Overed in a
stove. 10 is stated that Madame FOrtin-
meyer practiced abortion seversi year.;
that a number Of infants or JCgti have
been cIemated by her; that several
highly respectable persons in the city
are involved in the matter. The core
ner will hold an Irqgest on the body Of
Lena Miller and the remains Of the in
iants tO-dsy, when, f is expected, some
startling facts viii be developed.
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mers here, and among the largest in the
west. Mr.. Gray, Of Richmond, Ope-
rates two or three factories in Virginia,
while Mr.. Kerr, who mansges the busi-
ness here, is considered by both foreign
and domestic buyers to be the best strip
maker in the Clarksvile district, and is
favorably known in England as one OF
the best in this country. Owing to the
rapid advance in tobacco, they, like all
other stemmers, have cut short their
make Of strips to only four hundred
hogsheads, and are therefore halfholdeIs
rs well as sellers of leaf. Other factory
men have reduced their make of strips,
and SO this will be the case among the
stemmers of the United States general
~, the effect upon foreign markets will
be great.
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NIRGESON on Monday morning. August
l0lh, EFFIE F. daughter OF NJ +. aud 81 j.
Nirges u, aged ID months and - day
Friends and acqua nlaucCs OF the family
are invited to attend the funeral this TUES
Day morning, az o'clock, from the -,sl-
usuce, corner Br-aiEay and Dayte avenue.
GEIPEL-NOudev morning. Angus 10Th,
~ IU5- o'clock, PAULINE EEuEI, iufau
daughter Of Leopold aud El1s G1tp1l, asei >
mouths aud Gays.
Fu-eGaI thls CTuE=DAT) morning, ar g
O'Clock, fr-m tle residence, No. 9 Linden
s.reet, ~ uticr ffeu s.e invited.
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BLACK vs.. WHITE.
The Unfortunate end Ignorant Tools OF
Radicalism in Armed InsurreeliOR
at Aus;iur Mss,
Collision between Gfo Whites and Blacks
The Latter Repaised-Vi Violations
OF hs-ins Law.

| To Thomas II. Alien, Essa
HELENA, ARK, August 10, 1S74.-A
mob of seven or eight hundred negroe:
surrounded Austin, Mississippi, with the
avowed intention OF burning the town
and killing its defenders, who number
less than hundred. Can't you aid us
/ in our peril by sending some good men
down tonight? REFUGEE.
lin answer to "Refngee," ;" and for the
information of our citizens, we will state
that We cannot send an armed body OF
men 10 the succor of our over pressed
fellow-citizens o: Austin, but those OF
our young men who choose may go in
their individual capacity, and ten
der their services to the people who need
them when they get there. Would to
God Austin was in Tennessee. Were it
so, the scoundrels who urge the negroes
to this sort of rebellion, together with
their dupes, would find their level in the
dust.-EDITORs APPEAL.
Special to the Appeal
HELENA Ahh.i august 4O.-Ihe
steamer Trader ives met to-day at o. X.
landing by mob CT armed negroes, who
told Captain Smith that be could take
his boat up to Austin but that he could
not return. Captain Smith deemed it
most prudent to turn back at once. Ru-
mors from CoahomG county, opposite
here, state that fight occurred at Aus
tin this morning and that the negroes
were repulsed. They have sent messen-
gers to Coahoma county and Helena to
get all the recruits possible. 1t is also
stated that the negroes will attack Aus
tin tonight.
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OUR VICTORY.
How il was Received at Montgomery
White sulphur SpFinEs-A Ram
quet anc Congratulations

Special to the Appeal.I
MONTGOMERY WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS, August 6-A grand cham
pagne banquet was given here 10y the
Memphians tonight in honor of the
Bartlett victory. Three hundred per-
sons were present, and intense enthusi-
ssm prevailed. Speeches were made by
P. c. Bethel, John t. Fargason and
other prominent Memphians and distin-
guished citizens Of other States, who
joined US in this expression of our joy in
the triumph of the white mans party.
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Ltr Nal.
CITY COUPONS.
ATAYORTs OFFICE, CITY HALL,
vi htEHPHIS. TEN g.. July.

VI MEurHIs, TINS, JdIy, Is7l. !
Notice is hereby gwen, in accord ance with
the recommendation OF the Finance Commit
Tee, which has been adopted hy the General
council, that sealed proposals for the sale of
Coupons Of Bonds which have been legally
issued will be received at this office wee kIy,
lns-aaG of monthly, IS heretofore, The pro-
pOssls re eivs d VIII be op ned Os Aontay OF
each week. 1t 4 o'clock pm. Iu purchasing,
preference VIII be given, for sixty ,t.i lays, 70
coupons which have become due prior ~
July. is5l Arer the expiration Of sixty days
all will be received alike.
The intention. in receiving proposals, is that
the In crest Fund, as 10 is collected, NAV be
squifably distributed among all the holders
Of city ponds.
No queSion is raised as to the validity OF
the bOuGs Whlcn were Issued prior to 1863. and
signed by Mayors Banks, Hickman, oske,
Taylor, Douglass, Carroll, BtDgh, and Park
nor is any question raised rega ding the
bonds Issued direct t1 contractors in payment
for paving; nor the bonds klown As The Gold
Bonds, eXcepE those numbered from 2St 1T
iuciustve; nor the nrst hltV bonds, Of one
thousand dollars each, iss ed 10 tue Board Of
Education.
An. rty who proposes TO sell, whose bid is
not Ll= loves, may, II desired, allow the bid
TO remai1 a open uuulit becomes the lowest.
The city reserves The right 10 reject any or
all proposals offered.
augl JOHN LOAGI r., Mayor.
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further purpose of electiDg new exeeu-
tive committee for the county. By
order of
MEMPHIS, August {, lS4.
SUGGESTIONS BY THE BARTLETT EXEC

] MFMFtlSf august O. 1914.
sUGG EsTIONs BY THE BARTLETT EXEC
UTIvE BOARD.
OPTICS or FNECUTIvE BoARp)
OF ~HELBY COUNTY,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, August 10, 1874. J
To the Mass Convention:
The executive board would respectful.
ly offer the following suggestions for the
/ government of the mass-meeting:
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
First-Calling the meeting to order
/ by Chairman Townsend.
Second-Selecting chairman and
/ secretary.
Third-The appointment by the chair
man Of a committee to present the
/ names Of suitable number of good citi-
zeus, from which list of names forty
lime delegates shall be chosen according
to the following apportiOnment: One
for each ward and district, aud one for
every two hundred and fifty votes over
one hundred in each ward and district,
rs follows:
First district, one delegate; second
district, one delegate; third district, one
delegate; fourth district, one delegate;
fifth district, one delegate; sixth dis
trict, two delegates; seventh district,
two delegates; eighth district, one dele
gate; ninth district, one delegate; tenth
district, one delegate; eleventh district,
one delegate; twelfth district, one dele
gate; thirteenth district, one delegate:
fourteenth district, one delegate; if
teenth district, one delegate; sixteenth
district, one delegate; seventeenth dis
trict, one delegate.
First, second, third aud fourth wards
Of the city Of Memphis, four delegates
each; fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
wards, thie9 delegates each; ninth ward,
two delegates; tenth ward, three dele
gates
FOurth-That committee be appoint
ed by the chairman, composed Of one
from each ward in Memphis and one
from each civil district outside Of the city,
who shall select from their numner
composed of seven men,
bers, to be known as the executive board
of the committee Of Shelby county,
clothed with full powers to call meetings
for the election or nomination of candi-
dates, to appoint necessary district or
ward committees, TO fill vacancies in
their own body, and to do and perform
all other acts necessary for the promotion
Of the interests of the party, and to con-
tinue in Office until the meeting of the
next convention.
By order of the executive board.
II. TOW NSEND, Chairman.
HENRY LYNN, Secretary
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MASONIC RELIEF BOARD.

CTATE meeting the Masonic Re @
- lief I'd go. q. Iqhis this CIUES w
ID " evening. 90 %. l o'clock. All the/VN
members GtuGe--- q r# ba present.
By order Ui TIE PFC ent.
auII Al -a 4 HEET.Fq 81 earrat 1---
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city can spare any more such send
them out, for / learn be Is doing good
work on cur rai.roai towns. Wei, /
reckon ! should = something about
politics before / clio e. / can only ssv
the people promise mn o. vote. We
will see il they viii doit, or sit still ana
suffer negro arrogance 10 triumph.
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Temple Of Honor.

ATATOMA Tempe 81 Houor and Temper.
II ancs No. /, -siu meet q. tua New Masonic
Han. GayoaO Block. This .'r ESD . evening
st s o'clock. A IN alteuleuCe is desired.
Transient Tempisrs corGsLy invited %
meet " th Us.
BY order 8CE. r.. PRICE. W. T.. T.
ALI ID b. WHITE, H. p. 1es0
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VOL 81 NO 1913

visited one Of these, spending a dsy
with its owners and managers, and
learned many curious facts incident to
modes OF life in this rich cotton and
wheat-growing country. OF this here
after. LID.
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mally thanking the noole young men Of
Memphis aud Hsrdeman county for their
timely aid IN our late troubles, held the
eleventh instant, Captain H. c. Moor
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0euaUfsIc taAausvsE, go
In gold debt that was contracted In
times Of gFeepback expansion it will be
at most paying two dollars for one.
The advocates Of an enlarged cur
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Miss Sallie Goodwin died suddenly in
EdinborOIgh, Pennsylvania, while sit
ting in the Methodist church. No cause
given.
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At Dubuque, last week, during a
Storm bail Of fire tre size Of q mans
head descended from the sky into the
center of the street, directly On the head
OF Paul HenBis, and there exploded with
terrific report. The hair was burned
from bis scalp, the blood O0zed from his
ears, cash an inch and q half long was
found under his chin, where the electric
current had apparently made its exit;
the shock bad broken his neck, and his
body was literally Skinned. Ali down
bis back and chest and limbs to the solGs
OF his feet the cudcie was peeled from
the flesh and rolled and cVrled upon
itself, leaving the corpse a shocking
spectacle, which those who saw could
never forget.
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mannIaetnrea. 1Ilton's lever for COM
pillng siatemepts wss one Of my fsn1il-
iaT annoyanees. Moulton used 10 tell
me that the only way to manage Theo-
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that this matter should be brought te an
end it's anopeIi pool Of corruption ex-
haling deadly yspore for s;r zs,ess-,
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ses<StA SsAu $50 = 4s<ss.,, 49,.
prison. and sent as greeting, while hSaye
young Arksneas stretched forth his
hand, still wet with the blood Of recent
conflict and Oava rsa hearty fsf4on
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TempIars' Guards.

rVvHE TempIars' Guards viii meet on TUES
1 DAY NIGHT. august lltA, at o'clock,
Tor drill at their arHaOry, No. 20 second street.
SANDY TATLOR, o. S. su4
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The attempt TO best Goldsmith Maids
time of 2:l54 viii be made tomorrow st
Rochester, New York. The purse for
the successful horse has been augmented
10 six Thousand dollars. Goldsmith
Maid. Judge Fullerton, American Girl
and Henry are entered.
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Eati0ns Were bping - hOerAiiy Issued 70
he iumeterial man, there was b1siuess
,gssng on Ia another qua ser OF a more
substantial nature From = dense paw
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= 49, -------~- Robinson, Bankrupt.
nY vir ne OF genera or Ter of sale entered
- by toe United s. ates c urf for The aisfrirT
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JUN Z DI NIH1 LIHITUNu
10 IN BLENlN-.
W. j. NANDNKE.
JAMES ". NE NMAN.
THON b. MURRAY.
y. T.. DUNNINGTON.
LIKE K. WRIGHT,
CALI, FOR A MASS CONVENTION BY THE
RARTLETT EXECUTIVE BOARD.

CALI, FOR A MASS CON Y ENIlON BY Ihb
BARTLETT EXECUTIVE BOARD.
The executive board appointed under
the Bartlett resolutions hereby order
that the people Of Shelby county meet
IN mass convention at the Exposition
building, ia the city of Memphis, on
Tuesday. the eleventh day Of August,
1874, at half-psst ten O'Clock In the
morning, for tie purpose Of electiDg del
egates 10 represent Shelby county in the
convention called 10 meet in the city OF
Nashville on the nineteenth day Of
August, 1874, to nominate candidate
for governor OF Tennessee, and for the
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Near Carlisle, Nicholson county.
Kentucky Sunday, man named
Hamilton, while al. ending q Methodist
c5urch, becoming offended So sonnet. ing
said, stood upon q bench and a lurizhed p
pistol Thomas Shaw, on % the trustee.
succeeded iu pacifyiDg him aud calling
him out Of doors When outside shaw
told him the penalty Of the law for his
oTense, whereupon Hamilton shot Shaw
through the heat. The congregation
came out, seized the murderer and sent
him to Carlisle, where for fea- Of lynch
ing he was sent TO Louisville.
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A correspondent 0f the Little Rock
GGzette, writing from Ozark on thesiEth,
eheerfuiiy relates the fact that ihe night
before William q. Harris, Randolph
Harris and Robert Eidm0Te were hung,
by order Of Judge lynch, for harss-steal-
ing and murder.
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ST. JOSEPH, No, August IO-The
Herald has the particulars Of a fearful
tragedy which occurred at Cresion, Iowa.
Ct three O'eiJck ibis morning. j. o..
Burnett, at that hour. entered The bed.
room Of his step-son, J. l. Blister, and
cut the latteT's throat from ear to ear.
The presumption IS That the murderer
must have alarmed his victim g. le ap-
preached the bed; ior there was cgi-
dence Of quite q stru gle.
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-08-26

THE DEAF SpEAKTNe.--A teacher of deaf
mntes writes to the Evening Post that he has
just returned from visit to New Jersey,
where he went forthe purpose of accompanying
one of his pupils home from school The
pupil referred to is the daughter Of Henry K.
Lawrence of Bayville,. ocean Co., N. j., and
is more than twenty one years of age She
is congenital mute, and at the time of enter
ing his school, on the 25th of last March, had
never spoken a word. On meeting her father
last week, after separation of little over
four months, she said clearly and distinctly,
Papa, am glad TO see you. How do you
do?" Those We're the first words her father
ever heard her speak. Since her return home,
hundreds of the neighbors and acquaintance
of the family who had formerly known her as
deaf mute, have heard her speak, and many
have spoken to her, with feelings of astonsh-
ment not easy to describe. The question of
teaching deaf mutes to speak is one that las
deeply interested me for several years, and
am prepared to prove to any one who will take
the trouble to investigate, that in some cases
at least it is succeeding admirably The
writer, in verifcation of his statements, men
lions the names of several prominent persons
who have witnessed the results of his method.
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All the coal companies doing business in the
Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys stopped
work on Monday, on account of the market
being overstocked. They expect to resume
about the 1st proximo.
A case of starvation is reported in Jersey
City. a boy seven years old died recently,
and an investigation showed that the whole
family had been nearly starved to death.
The jury in the recent railroad accident case
near Cornwell's, on the Philadelphia and
Trenton Railroad, have agreed upon their ver-
dict They censure Charles Thorn, the switch
man, but could not agree upon censuring the
Railroad Company On this question they
stood four to three.
There is a little 'onpleasantness in the
Gage, in last weeks Era, charges the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Daniels, with going out Of the way
to attack him in the presence of the whole
congregation for taking his children to a
circus.
vania Republican Convention against the
third-term theory is warmly applauded all
over the country
James M. Scovel has announced himself a
candidate for Congress in the First New Jer-
sey District. He processes to be Republic
can this year.
The press of New York note as one of the
strongest signs of the revival Of business, that
the hotels are now crowded with country
merchants from all parts of the Union.
Judge Bedles prospects for the past two
weeks seem to have hoen rather on wane
with n corresponding increase i'll JIie es.,---@e
At Long Branch on Wednesday shark
measuring twelve feet in length and weighing
600 pounds was caught.
No darkey need apply for recognition by
the Democracy at the South. The White
Man's Party is the controlling organization in
opposition to Repubicanism and it is desir-
able that the colored voters of the North
should understand the matter as soon as pos
sible.
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ArrRoAcu OF YELLOW FEVER. The bark
Evangeline, which arrived at New York on
Sunday from Sagua, after passage OF 10
days, reported having spoken on Aug. 10 the
ship William Wilcox of Bath, bound to New
York from Havana. The captain of the
William Wilcox had died that morning of
yellow fever The first and second mates had
previously died. Several of the crew had also
died of that disease There were only four
men on board that were fit for work. and not
one of them understood navigation. They
wanted to know the course to Sandy Hook,
and it was given to them. Two Of the crew
of the Evangeline have died of yellow fever
on the passage, and one in port.
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What James Gordon Bennett lacks in
brains, he more than makes up with enter
prise. 1t is no secret that his fund for the
recovery of Charley Ross has been augmented
to 100000, to be distributed among all his
employees who are making the search, should
any one succeed in finding the boy. He
offers a standing reward of $4,000 for the
child, and no questions asked This is not
phi]anthrophy, but enterprise of the purest
sort. We are far from believing that the New
York Herald is the greatest paper in this
country, but we must admit, with all con-
tempories that for enterprise where a lavish
outlay is necessary to secure coveted result,
the HerDld beats the world"