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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-22

cloudy and warm. Arrived: Pat Rogers,
Memphis; Mary Houston, New Orieans De-
parted Pat Rogers and q. b. Church, Cincin-
natl. The John Kilgour, from New Orleans
to Cincinnati, is expected to arrive about
midnight
CAIRO, March 81, NoOn-Weather cloudy
and warm. The river is falling. Arrived
City of Chester, Memphis, am; Jas. d.
Parker, Memphis = am. Departed Great Re
public, New Orleans, midnight; j. ID. Parker,
Cincinnati, am; City of Chester, st. Louis,
a M; +; Minneola, Memphis,S am. .--- Night
No arrivals or departures except packets.
Weather cloudy ana mid. River has fallen .
inches.
Weather Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, March p, l a-n.-For the
northwest and upper lakes, and thence 10 he
perature, northwesterly winds, cleaning and
partly cloudy weather.
For the lower lake region, westerly winds,
slightly lower temperature, higher barometer,
and partly cloudy weather.
For the southern States, sOuthwesterly to
southeasterly winds, falling barometer, high
temperature, and increasing cloudiness, with
rain IN the western gulf and lower Mississip-
pi valley.
For. the middle States, southwesterly and
northWeSterly winds, rising barometer, slight
temperature, and partly cloudy weather.
FOR the New England States, rising
barometer, falling temperature, increasing z
cloudineSs, and occasional rain in the north
ern portion, clearing by Sunday.
The rivers viii probably rise at Cincinnati,
Louisville, DaveliP iPort, ,keokuk and Nashville,
and begin TO fall nc Pittsburg.
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THE FLOOD.
The Late Heavy Rain in Alabama, GeOr.
gia. Middle Tennessee, Etc.
AlRhAEnR.

MONTGOMERY, March 18-The rain
In Alabama has ceased. The Alabama river
places as the creeks and streams are greatly
swollen. Travel to Mobile is stopped by rea-
son of washes in the railroad track and dam.
age to some bridges. No trains have gone out
to-day ON the track to Atlanta, part of the
track being under water. Trains TO Eufaula
will not run for day or two. All trains on
the Montgomery and Louisville railroad have
been on time and no damage is reported. The
freshet is too early to injure the planters, as
very little of the crop has peen planted.
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COLLEGE GROVE.

TIME most select specimens of FLOWERS
PLANTS and EVERGREENS. Front
wards and laying OF walks attended 10. s,odd-
ing graves and lots in ElmwoOd Cemetery
viii receive special care and attention. Par
ties purchasing noEers, plants or eVergrsens
for graves or lots in Elmwood Cemetery will
be planted free of charged. Parties purchas-
ing flowers, plants, etc., and whose lots 1 at
tend to during the year, Will have the same
brought into the greenhouse in the winter
without additional charge, and IL is q good
time for soddfng-sOOner the better. Hot
weather will kill sOdding- All orders prompt
ly executed. HENRY MOORE,
d&s Near South Gate ElmWOOd Cemeter
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q,ha Ntoridian. fTexas) Standard saws:

"EmIgrants are daily passing through our
streets, in quest of place on which 10 locaIe
and make Their homes. We have no knowl-
edge of any place that we could more conscl-
eniiously recommend than Bosque county.
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FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.

ST. LOUIS, March q. - Additional
though meagre information from the scene Of
the Centreville butchery has been received.
The name of the murdered family is Stetsen-
reide, not Stilleriter as previously reported.
AT the inquest this afternoon, held by Coroner
Ryan, Of East st. Louis, several witnesses were
examined, and facts ELECTED which lead to
the belief that Frederick Boeltz. the husband
of the sister of Mrs. Stetsenreide, committed
the horrible deed. He was present, but re-
fused to testify until forced to do so.
His answers and conduct were such as to ex.
cite a strong suspicion of his guilt. He ac-
knowledged that he had not been on coed
terms with his family for some months, en-
tertatning feelings of enmity toward them,
and was in old man Stetsenreide's debt sever
al hundred dollars. These, and other facts
brought out, together with another fact, that
the house was not ranSacked and pillaged as
previously stated, and that the old man Stet-
Senreide's money was found which establishes
beyond doubt that the murder was not
committed for plunder, and 1t seems strangely
to fasten the suspicion upon BOeltz. When
our informant left the scene the inquest was
still in progress. Probabilities are that
BoeltZ viii be committed.
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ANOTHER HORROR.
A Family Of Five Persons Murdered In
Most Brutal Manner-Tbe
Wife's Brother-in.LaW the
Supposed Murderer.

BELLEvILLE, ILL, March 21.-Yes-
terday evening the citizens OF Centreville, in
this county, learned that horrible murder
had been committed four miles south OF that
town in a family named Stetsenreide. The
fact was discovered by a neighbor who went
to their house TO procure vegetables. Report
having been made to the authorities
in Centreville, Investigation was made. The
family constituted StetsenTeide, ST., seventy
years old; Stetsenreide, jr., his wife, and two
children, aged respectively three years and
eight months, were found dead. The MUIR
ders were committed Thursday night. The
body of the young man was found two steps
from his sleeping-roOm, with his throat cut,
his skull split with an ak and his hands
cut with a knife, showing that he had made
desperate struggle. The wife was killed in
bed, while asleep, with her infant in her
arms. Her skull was crushed and throat cut,
and the children Is skulls crushed. The old man
slept in an adjoining room, and appears to
have been aroused by the conflict, and to have
been putting on jacket, in which the MUIR
derer killed him. He was the Oldest German
settler reported by the whole community.
The county court offers a reward of one thou
sand dollars for the discovery, arrest and con-
viction of the murderers. The motive is now
believed to be family feud, and IA brother-in-
law, Mr.. Stetsenreide jr., IS strongly suspected,
as he owed family money and hard feel
ings existed. The coroner's jury had not
brought in verdict up to late hour this
evening.
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OcOE Eh4s
Special to the Atlanta Herald.l

COLUMBUS, March 10, I6I4.-The
Monday morning train, returning from the
terminus, ran into q culveTt twenty feet high,
seven and half miles from Columbus. The
culyert had been carefully examined by the
officers of the train when it passed two hours
before. The engine and three cars were pre-
cIpitated into the culvert. Engineer Bragg
Younge was instantly killed, w ood- Pssser WIZ
lie Tyler was so badly injured that he died next
day, and Fireman Tom Jones received 8 Sc
was momentarily stunned, but received no
injuries. The train will run again on 6atur-
day. Accident is due to heavy rains. -Four
hundred feet of trestles and eInbankmenf on
the Southwestern railroad washed away
about mile beyond Flint river to-day. No
one hurt The Mobile and Girard railroad hes
lost one long bridge, and perhaps another.
The river is falling. No trains left to-day. All
the factories are stopped, save the Columbus
factory.
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From the Nashville Banner, 20th.l

A heavy storm, accompanied by light
ming and thunder, prevailed almost through
out Tennessee early yesterday morning. In
West Tennessee it was particularly violent,
the rain coming down in torrents, and swell
ing the streams TO large proportions in q very
short space of time. Between Union City and
Hickman, Kentucky, a hurricane, about two
hundred yards in width, swept through the
country, blowing down large forest trees, and
threatening seriously to level houses in Its
pathway with the earth. Such Hvid light
ming, followed in quick succession, and such
loud thunder was never before witnessed
nor heard in that locality. Four trees were
blown across the Northwestern road, and had
to be cut away to admit the passage OF trains.
The storm was also severe along the
Chattanooga road, many of the telegraph
poles being shattered into fragments by light
ming. The storm.played sad havock with the
telegraph lines generally, bat all were in
working order yesterday afternoon. "PoStal
Card, {" our special correspondents at Columbia,
SAYS that a severe hail storm prevailed at that
place at six o'clock Tuesday evening. The
stones were as large as hen-eggs. Eight OF
them were found to weigh one and half
pounds. Quite a number of skylights in the
town were broken. Five or six treStleS on the
Southeastern road between Kelly station and
Hopkinsviue, were washed away early yeSter-
day morning. preventing the passage Of trains
beyond the break. Consequently no train ar
rived here yesterday afternoon. The road
will be all right by six O'Clock this morning,
after which time trains will run as usual. A
heavy rain fell in this vicinity last night, but
at the present writing it is thought it will do
no particular damage.
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Office Howard Association.

THERE will be a meeting OF the members
i of the Howard Association, at their rooms,
on MONDAY EVENING, at 30 O'Clock.
mh22 A. d. LANGSTAFF, President.
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NOTTCE.

TNHE GERMAN RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Il has this day suspended further operations.
All parties having claims against the same
are requested to hand in their bills invariably
before next Monday evening, March 23d, to
the undersigned.
mh2I HENRY SCHILLING, Secretary.
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to have a new

20 nAVb q lew
MERIDIAN Texas, is
ourthouse.
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TILE mEmpRIs RETHEL.

With pleasure We direct public atten-
ton to this philanthropic enterprise. 1t
is an incorporated institution. Its char
ter recites the objects of its organization
+buS.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-15
The Afflicted of Memphia.
[From Memphis Appeal

During the prevalence of the yellow
fever in this city last fall, the county
court of Maury county voted an appro-
priation offive hundred dollars to the
sick and afflicted of Memphis, with only
one dissenting voice. Recently we see
from the Columbia HERALD that a man
by the name of JOHN BALLAFANT has been
endeav0ring to have the magistrates in
dicted for this noble and christian act,
and because the lawyers of Columbia,
with a magnanimity worthy of them,
volunteered to defend the magistrates.
this same man has been writing articles
in the HERALD against the magistrates
and the Columbia lawyers, accusing them
of having formed combination to op
press the taxpayers. The following ex'
tract from the HERALD shows how his
articles are received in Maury. Colonel
MYERS is not only a prominent lawyer
but one of the largest taxpayers in the
county. He doubtless speaks the senti
ments of the whole bar and of the entire
community. In the name of the afflicted
of our city we return them thanks:
''In the course of his remarks before the
county court, last Monday, while the sub
iect of turnpikes and railroads was under
consideration, L. D. MYERS, Esq, re
| ferred to the communication in last HER
! AID and MAIL, signed "Fanx,' and de
nounced in unmeasured terms the author
He said that if there be any persons il
the, county that condemns the county
court in the appropriation of the five hun
dred dollars to the suffering of Memphis
and will call upon him, he will pay then
their prorata Of the five hundred dollars
A large number of citizens were presen
and listened with marked attention to tn
remarks of Mr.. MYERS, who was FIRE
quently applauded.P
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STATE NEWS.

In the death of Rey..4Sfolbert Tanning,
the Christion ChuE&1 has lost one of its
most eminent 3dTines.
We learn from the Huntsville Sentinel,
of last week, that one Mr.. Archie Forga-
son, who hkes on Dixon's Creek, in Trous-
dale County, went short distance from
rs house to cut tree down, telling his
wife as he went, that he would be back
again in few minutes. Mrs. ForgasOn
heard the tree fall, and her husband not re-
turning as he promised her to do, she went
to ascertain the cause, and to her horror
found Mr.. Forgason lying dead beside
the tree. His skull and neck were bro
ken, fallen limb lying close to the body
of the unfortunate man, being evidently
the cause of his death. Mr. Forgason
was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
They have Calico Hops at Gallatin.
At Humboldt on the 18th of August,
convention will be held to nominate a can
didate for Congress, in the Ninth District.
We hope to see the executive committee
of each congressional district, calling
nominating conventions.
Some of the colored people of Nashville
believe that Bill Kelly, who was hanged It
that place last Friday, is alive.
Nashville Union and American 9Th inst,
says: Yesterday afternoon an old, gray
headed colOred man, with but one eye,
presented himself at the county clerk S
Office, accompanied by a white woman
twenty-nine years of age, for the purpose
securing license. so that they could get
married. Capt Ewin of course refused
to issue the desired document.
Ex-President johnson is in Memphis,
and by invitation of the General Council,
was announced to speak yesterday. The
telegraph says he was cordially received
by all classes.
Three more Oranges were organized in
Clay county, and three in Jackson cOun-
ty, last week.
They have candidates barbacues in
Davidson county.
Up to date, the Banner says 1924
State bonds have been registered and 4 565
funded, making total of l6, 809, or $l6,-
500 900.
The names of 81 convicts are now
registered upon the peniteniary books,
The highest number yet reached was S8l.
1t may be safely calculated there will be
1000 by January l.. l875.-Banner.
The State Democratic Executive Com
mttee is called to meet at Nashville on
the 2lst inst.
A colored hearse driver, at Nashville,
having Just returned from burial, on the
18th inst, and while walking on the street.
suddenly fell and expired o heart dis
ease.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-15

We think it would be we'll for those in
our county, if any there be, that favor the
new departure of Andrew Johnson, Col
var & Co., in their per cent semi-repudi-
alton programme, to give the following
article, copied from the Louisville Com"
nercial, careful and thoughtful perusal.
The Commercial says:
1t is gratifying to know that the State
of Tennessee will resume the payment OF
interest on the entire State debt on the
LIST of July next This will have bene-
fetal influence on the credit ofall public
and private enterprises in that State, as
will be seen from, the following proceed
ings of meeting of Virginia bondhold-
ers recently held in London, in which
they discourage the investment OF capital
in any public or private enterprise IN any
State which disregards its obligations OF
Justice, morality, and law. The London
Times of the 18th ult money article,
10TH. makes the following report:
At general meeting of the holders of
Virginia State bonds to-day, Commission.
er General R. NJ Gardiner in the chair,
the following resolutions we're passed:
l. That this general meeting of Vir-
ginia bondholders, duly convened, has
seen with satisfaction that, in conse-
quence of the memorial of the Council OF
Foreign Bondholders, his Excellency
James L. Kemper, Governor of the Com,
monwealth of Virginia, has by special
message called the attention of the Leg
islature to the claims of the bondholders,
and the bondholders, trust immediate
action will be taken by the Legislature tc
satisfy the obligations of the State.
2 That, while this meeting recognizes
the Justice of the view taken by Governor
Kemper, with regard to the obligations
of the State under the Funding act, and
that it is incapable of being modlhed
without the concurrence of the cantract-
ing parties, the bondholders consider Il
their duty to declare that all unfunded
and other bonds are entitled TO the priv
leges of that act, and they trust that the
Legislature will not separate without CIV
ing due effect to its provisions.
8. That this meeting regards with pair
the increasing number of defaults com
mitted by States in the American Union
as not only calculated to injure the inter
ests of the bondholders, by assaillng thG
credit of individual State, by preventing
the securities of the Union itself iron
reaching their proper value, and therein!
impairing the Federal credit.
4. That this meeting considers 1T ex
peaaent that the principle of action shal
| be upheld that all attempts shall be dis
countenanced to raised money in tn
European markets by public or privat
understanding in State which is IN dc
fault of its public creditors.
The Council of Foreign Bondholder'
after the above meeting, telegraphed t
Governor Kemper to Richmond, Va, tina
the bondholders will hold a conference /
London with Virginia plenipotentiariec
but that meanwhile immediate paymer
of the coupons in arrears is required.
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Your obedient servant,
THOMAS BoYERs.
THE following are the resolutions passed

THE following are the resolutions passed
by the CoLYAR meeting.
Whereas, the object in calling this
meeting was TO haFmonize the Demo
cratic party Of Tennessee, and thus secure
the success of its candidates in the No
vember election, and after free inter
change of views, with that purpose still in
view. it is thought best that committee
shall be appointed with authority to call
a meeting of the friends of ex-President
johnson, to meetin this city at such time,
previous to the 18th Of August next, as
they may deem proper.
/. Therefore Resolved, that the chair
man of this meeting appoint committee
with the power aforesaid, composed of
one member from each Congressional
District, and two for the State at large.
2. Resolved, that while we disclaim
any right to commit any one present to
the support Of any measure or principle
we nevertheless declare, what we believe
10 no in accord with the sentiment of the
great mass OF tbs Danocratic party OF
This State, that we are in favor Of a reducz
ton of State taxes-of curtailing the ex-
penses of the State and of the repeal of
the inquisitorial provisions of the present
assessment Law, and opposed to the fund
ing law.
3 Resolved, that as the election Of
United States Senator directly by the
people, has often been proposed in Con-
gress and in the various States, in order
therefore that the will of the people may
be clearly expressed in our own State, we
respectfully recommend that. at the cleo
ton in November next, each voter will
indicate his preference as to who shall
succeed Gov Brownlow in the United
States Senate. by writing the name of such
person upon his ticket.
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he had gathered together all the book
agents and Professors, er o6fcio, and
politicians Of the people, he demanded
Of them where they should hold the next
meeting. They said unto him, In Knox
vile, East Tennessee, for thus it is SOrit-
ten by Governor. Brown, the prophet,
Thou Knoxville in the land of East Ten
nessee, for out of thee shall come poLit
zeal Superintendent that shall rule the
school affairs of Tennessee.
In conclusion l respectfully suggest
that the plan of Association above sub
mitted be presented by DR.. W. A. SMITH,
to our next Maury County Teachers
meeting, and its merits as q system fully
discussed. TEACHER.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-15

JIM BIBBs, a coIored man, for many
years head waiter at the Gait House, left
Cor Illinois a few days since in company
sgith Mrs. CUMNINs, a white woman, form
erly a fashionable mantumaker on Main
street, for the Ostensible purpose of being
spiiced as soaa as they can find some
BODY duly en- powered and perfectly will
ing tOperfOrm the ceremony. -L0utSUttte
LoBtwerc{Gt.
This is some of the fruits Of the Civil
Rights BILL now pending in Congress.
Many who are opposed to social equality
Of the races, pailiate the odium of ANAL
camation. upon the grounds that the wo-
manwas no better than the man. This is
all true, and in fact she Is not half 50 good
;D principal. be his ever so bad, but the
results Of such marriages, if tolerated,
ypon society, will be of incalculable H.
;lry to our social compact aud to our race.
We are forced 60 concede to the negro,
political equality, but the people of the
South will never submit for him TO in
wade their social circle and claim his
rights under the pending bill Congress
might as well pass law that the owl shall
tower with the eagle above the storm and
gaze with the same undazzled vision upon
the sun AT meridian, as TO try TO force
s,.ia, equality upon the Southern peO-
pic. Even ii the bill should become
law, the negro would be foolish not to
repuIialc it, for any attempt on his part
&, exercise his rights under this law,
would inaugurate that strife that must
inevitably end in ms destruction. The
recent proceedings Of the negro conven-
ion in Nashville, have been and viii still
bs fatal to the interests of the negroes in
Tennessee. If they would act the
mart of wisdom, they would be content
with their political rights aud let the di-
yiding line between the races remain
where God has pleced it and where At will
remain forever.
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AT one time during the past week, it
was thought that the Arkansas difficulty
would be amicably settled, but as we go
10 press, the problem is unsettled, and
BAXTER and BRoOKs are each armed and
entrenched, ready and anxious to deluge
the streets of Jackson with blood, as are
the lowlalds with the muddy waters of the
Mississippi. However, the Legislature
is now in session and We may look for an
early solution of the question, by recog-
nitiou OF BANTER, as Governor, which is
very probable, but bloodshed, in all
probability may have to be resorted to, to
GUST Brooks from the State-house. BAX-
TER has signi6ed his intention to inter
cept all supplies for BROOKS.
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IL President Grant or his advisers had
possassed sense enough to comprehend
The situation OF affairs in Arkansas, and
nerve enough to have taken a stand upon
them, there would have been no difficulty
IN settling things in that state peace
ably, aud the lives sacrificed to the ambi-
ton OF Z few desperate adveuurers would
have been saved. Grant should have
recognized one or the other Of the claim
ants, 1t is a plain fact that either
Brooks or Baxter is governor; he might
have. and to be in keeping with his other
laundering, probably would have recogni.
zed the wrong man, but then be would
have protected the proper tribunal in the
settlement OF the dispute, and anarchy
and bloodshed would have been avoided
Once more the blood of murdered men
calls from the ground for vengence against
the laundering imbeciliiy of radical rule
as exemplifed by Ulysses S. Grant
HegDHiS Register.