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believe that in signing it he would be
showing magnanimty towards his dead
political enemy, who was the author of
the bill. The country asks no such sacri-
fees from the President, and demands only
that he shalI sign such measures as will be
conducive to the interests of the whole
people. Both races in the United States
are how equal before the law, and it is
only such unnecessary and i'll. advised le-
gislation as this Civil Rights bill which
can prevent the speedy and complete
recognition of the equal privileges of black
and white, or precipitate troubles like
those which have just occurred in Memphis.
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MORE ABOUT CREMATION.
CAUSE DE THE PRESENT AGITATION.

CAUSE OE THE PRESENT AGITATION.
Professor Reclam's project is finding
acceptance, it is said, in several large cities
of Germany. Besides Vienna, where the
Medical Society ably discussed the matter
and proposed that cremation be permitted,
but not made an obligatory mode of bury
ing the dead, Gratz took up the matter
earnestly, and the Communal Council, in
special session, determined to labor for the
introduction Of the new process. Very
valiant were the burgO-master and five
communal councillors OF Oberd0bling, near
Vienna, who sent in to the Vienna Medical
Society a written testament declaring their
wish to undergo the process OF cremation
whenever they shall depart this life. This
is all very well. We know how easy it
is to make such bold declarations, but how
few Of such determinations are carried out
when the time comes. Some big, arlsto-
cratic parsonage must first lead the way
in this matter before we can expect Gre
nation to become popular. You may
burn up the poor and the paupers by the
score if you will, but the custom of burial
will be retained, and the more so because
ordinary people will be burned up. Peo-
pie are not, perhaps, SO clearly convinced
of the pernicious influences of g%raveyards,
and we know very we'll that in we'll re-
guIated and laid out cemeteries this in
furious influence is reduced to a minimum.
In times Of war and pestiIence, however,
cremation by a scientific process would
prove of unreasonable benefit. We only
need to recall the terrible descriptions of
the battle fields of Gravelotte and Sedan
to be convinced that by the immense num-
bers Of dead caused by our modern art Of
warfare a thorough change in the method
of disposing of the dead is necessary. In
times of pestiIenco the cremation process
would prove beneficial.
RETURN TO ANTIQUITY.
In adopting cremation as a means Of dis
posing of the dead the German people of
Europe will simply return to a custom
which was once common to all Indo-Ger-
manic people. This fact has been proved
by Professor Unger, of G6ttingen. Tacitus
knew ofno other method Of disposing Of
the dead among the Germans, and Diodorus
of Sicily among the Celts. The custom
prevailed among the Sclaves and with the
Greeks and Romans, although burial was
also customary among these two people.
The Etruscans borrowed the custom of
burning their dead from the Romans.
Charlemagne found the custom Of burning
the dead prevalent among the heather Ger
mans, and wrote several DEGREES against it
to the Christian priests. The religious OPP
position against the new movement is not
extraordinarily strong in Germany. So
many thousands Of martyrs, both Catholics
and Professionals, nave landed safely in the
heavenly regions after their bodies had on
earth undergone the ordeal of FIRE, that no
fear is entertained about cremation coming
into conflict with the resurrection theories.
It is hardly probable, however that the
Jews will consent to- burn their dead 81
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TEE
MEMPHIS & KANSAS CITY
RAILROAD.

L lie undersigned is soliciting subscriptions
in Arkansas Lauds TO the capital stock OF the
Memphis and Kansas city Railroad Company,
for which he Is authorized TO give three dol
lars per acre in the capital stock Of said
Company for aversge lands. And for
lands Of superior quality, and that
the tax-bOoks show them assessed for
more than three dollars per acre, ne is author
tied TO give the assessed price to an amount
not exceeding five dollars per acre. Warran-
" deeds will be required, and the lands must
be free from all incumbrance. And TO parties
owning lands in Arkansas that have been
forfeited to the State for the non payment OF
taxes TO be authorized 10 give two dollars per
acre in capital stock tor quit-claIm deeds
from the owners. In all cases the deeds must
be properly acknowledged, and the parties
making them viii be required 10 furnish an
abstract Of the titles. The names Of the Di-
rectors Is sufficient guaranty that the affairs
OF the Company viii be economically and iu-
diciously managed. Hon. John 0verton, trJ
is President; Gov. Isham G. Harris is Chair
man OF the Executive Committee, and Gen.
K. F. Patterson, Col A. J. Kellar, Col. L. u.
McKisiez, and John L. Norton, Esq, are the
resident Directors of Memphis. But aside
from the ability and integrity of those gentle
men, the Company has about six years 10
build the road, and every deed sets forth that
1t is conditioned npon the building OF the
road, and If not comp eteG in the time allowed
by law In the charter 20 the Company that the
lands shall revert TO the owners ana the deeds
be void. All taxes cease from date Of convey
ance. e. r. Adams, with Adams & Dixon, Al
Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, will receive
deeds aud give stock re pts in exchange. Or
the undersigned can be addres ed at Jackson
port or BatesvtlIe, Arkansas, by mail, for any
Information desired.
T. H. MCCRAY,
deelI Subscription Agent.
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PURE DEMOCRACY.
letter from Ex-AtlOrney-Gen Jere
:. BtRck-A StatesmaR-Ilke Dee
umeuE.

PHILADELPHIA, December ., 1874.
GENTLEMEN-I am honored by your
invitation 10 the dinner of Democrats
tomorrow evening at the Continental
hotel, aud i beg you to believe that
nothing prevents me from attending but
an imperative duty which calls me else
where. / think l can understand how
sincerely you all rejoice over the great
political events Of the last two months.
III you wish TO know what my feelings
are / must decline 10 tell, simply be-
cause / cannot 90 justice 70 the subject
DemOcracy-w which is the common sense
and common honesty Of the nation or
ganized for public purposes-was sup
posed by its enemies to be etfectually
killed. 1t was but natural that the
heart Of every patriot should burn with
in him when be saw 1t rising again,
facing the OppressOr with a front as DE-
termfned 81 ever. and denOuncing cor
ruption in high places with the same
mighty voice which in former times
went over the land ike toe tones
Of a trumpet. But let us not congTaig-
late ourselves upon the recent past.
Think nothing done until the work is
finished The evictOries Of this year VIII
put only one house OF the Federal con-
gress into our hands, sud We must wait
3 year 10 realize even that Our perfect
Independence must be achieved in 1875
by a struggle which will prove that we
are worthy to be descended fIom the
men who proclaimed the rights Of the
states and the liberties OF tte nassftis a
hundred years earlier. II we fail, We
must sink into q seTvitude even more
degrading than that which We have en-
dured for the last dozen years. n we
succeed, then will this puisant nation.
like the awakiBg sampson, shake her
inviDciole locks" and start the new
century under auspiees 50 grand that
nothing can arrest her free career. We
must bear it always ia mind that the
triumph OF Democratic principles means
the restoration Of constitutional govern
ment on a basis which viii give sbso-
lutte security TO the rights ofmen agsinst
the nights Of men. The broken
walls Of The constitution are % be built
anew and made too strong to be thrown
down again by the Tuflsns Of the
''higher lsw.n Our opponents them
selves viii become reconcIled to the
/ principles Of American liberty when
/ they pass IN aud fad the magnsnimous
Democracy taking every possible pre-
caution 70 guard them in their weak
ness against the sppression which they
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Peace Reigns in VieksbHrg-The CIti-
zens Are Triumphant Over the
Thieves and Murderers.
The Courthouse FiilainT Being UneOT-
ered-GoVerR0r AHles and Attorney
General Harris IS Grim.
inals.
Another Proclamation from, Mayor
O'LAaTy-Aurderous Declarations
0f the Thief CardOza-The
Dead.

Special to the Appeal
-yICKsBURG, November l0.-The war
is over and all quiet. The board Of su-
pervisors appointed a committee to-day
to bury the dead bodies. TEenty-eight
negroes have been inferred, and many
Others are yet to be buned. Several
companies have been organized for ser
vice under command Of the militia off,
GERS, but probably will not be needed.
Scouts report all IS quiet in the country,
and the negroes that were msssing TO
come to Vicksburg from Hinds county
have dispersed. The board Of supervi-
sors have ordered an election to i'll the
vacancy ia the offices of sheriff, circuit
court clerk, two justices and two cousts-
b!es. The abscOnding ehaneery clerk
viii be ordered to come home and make
q bond, OF the Office will he declared
vacant, it having been discovered that
be has been citing without a bond,
IS there is none appearing on record.
Most Of the stolen bonds proving his
guilt as an embezzler snd forger, have
been found. Dorsey, the embezzling
circuit court clerk, was arrested to-day,
and mste to go with acommittee Of tax
payers to find the stolen records OF his
office. Courthouse villainy is still being
brought to light, and nearly all the
county officers are implicated. There Is
strong feeling against Governor Ames
for keeping thieves in Office, and pledg-
ing them the support Of bsyonets. Cros-
by, the negro sheriff, and the leaders Of
the negro invaders, are still held, bat the
other prisoners have been reless ed on
promises OF good behavior. No violence
was offered them. Crosby says Ames
and Attorney-GeneraI Harris told him
to orgsnizs the attack on the city, and
the negroes say they got their orders
from Crosby. The Times, Radical or
gan, says the attack OF The negroes on
the city, was as iinpractieable as il was
strocious, and the leaders ought to be
punished. 1t says that Crosby Is as big
a fool as the other negroes, and iutimates
that some white man was at the bottom
Of it.
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COLONEL SAX TATE, whose name,
with Jones, Greenlzv, Brinkley and
Others, is infinitely associated with
the rise and progress OF Memphis, re-
turned to tie city yester lay from Eu-
rope, wheT e, with his estimable vile
for msny years one Of our noted bellies
he spen'S several months, during which
he vislted every principal city Of the
cont nent as well s. the British islands.
A keen and critical observer, We need
NJ say that be brought away with him
dem the old world much that he will
'tevelop here, ss opportunity offers, for
ths benefit Of the community already so
much indebted 10 him. Colonel Tate
looks vel, and is IL the enjoyment Of
vigorous health, and has, let us hope,
many, many years Of work in him, from
7FhiclI not alone himself, and these i'm
msgisteIy Concerned, but the city at
isrye, nay profit
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WARFIELD-SPEED-O the 10TH inst, at
Y m, at Calvary Church, by Rev. Or. White,
Mr.. CARSEAL WAKEFIELD, OF Washington
county, Mississippi, and Miss ALfSE G.
SPEED, OF this city.
VAUGHN-HAMLErT G. VAUGHN,
of Memphis, and Miss carrie Z. HAMLET, OF
White Station, Tennessee.
PREsCOTT-QUINLIN the First Meth
odist Church, on the evening of the 10th inst
by Rev. s. B. Suratt, air. JoHS NJ. PREsoorr
and Miss ANNIE QUINLIN.
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Saturday, January 2, 1875,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated, lying and being IN the
county Of Shelby, and state OF Tennessee
and being the southwestern division Of a
y O-scre tract Of land formerly belonging 20
Daniel Turner ana John e.. Wea Ct, which
said division or lot contains by est n alton,
five huud ed and ten acres, more or less, and
IS bounded a follow: BEGINNING a. hickory
pointer mal ked F. P, the southeast corner OF
Thomas Persons J0O-acre tract; runuin Z
thence east with the south line OF said 12JO-
acre tract s. chains and 9 links to A stag e,
the southwest corner OF said southeast uiVls-
ION Of go acres conveyed 10 said v eager :
thence with the west boundary line Of said
SO acres north 60 chains 70 said central stake
and blackjack pointers marked j; thence
crossing the pass or Cut-on Of NOuCDuuan
creek. s. chains ard links 70 a stake; thence
south with Thomas Persuns line ~ cnains 10
the beginning; and which VIII be sold sc
cOrliing to a survey on file herein, subdtyiding
same IN fourteen lots or parcels, OF " Which lot
No. wiz be sold.
Terms of Sale-On d credit OF six mOnthsi ;
note with approved secuity; lien retained
etc and equity OF REDEEM DtiOu barred.
TuIs December TO- ls74.
E. A. COLE. Clerk and Master.
By r. J. Slack, y. C.. and NJ
III. Clay King. attorney. iQeelll- y g Ja-
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DIED.

DOUGLASS-Atl l0% o'clock Thursday, 10th
inst, FRANK, infant son Of A. ii. ana e. b.
Douglass, aged months and II days.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral
this (FRIDAl) afternoon at go o'clock, from
the residence, 40I Shelby street.
BRUCE-The funeral Of n. 5. BRUCE VIII
take place from his late residence, on Ray
burn avenue, this CFRIDAY) afternoon at 2
o'clock. Friends of the family are invited to
attend. Carriages at HOSTS at ! 30 O'Clock
pm. Services by Rev. DIT. s. LandEum.
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Associated Press Dispatch
CROSBY PEACHES on AlTEs AND HARRfs.
NICRsBURG, December I0.-All quiet
In the city ami county. The county
authorities have buried the bodies Of
fourteen negnOes, and about the same
number have been buried by private
individuals. The white citizens still
retain possession OF the courthouse and
jail, under The advice Of the county
bOsrd OF supervisors, the mem 5ers Of
which are negroes, except one. An
election for sheriff December Sl-t has
been ordered, and gives general sstis-
faction. The mayer Will issue 2 pTocla-
nation in the morning that peace pre-
walls, and requesting the citizens 70 ra-
sume their usual svOcatiOns. Iu sn in
teryleW OF the Nicksburg Herald re-
porter to-day with Andrew o Eeus, the
negro commander Of the column o. ne
groes who advanced on Grove street,
who is 8 prisoner, Owens reiterated that
Sheriff Crosby ordered him 70 cone to
the city with all the armed men he
could get, and that Crosby gave Ames
IS his authority f0r calling cut the ne
groes. Crosby says Ames and Attorney
General Harris advised him - call 8
pos e 70 Teinstate him in office, but that
he did not do it, and diselaims any
responsibility foE the thee columns
which marched on VicksbUg.
ANEs's PROCLAMATION UNANIMOUSLY
CONDEMNED.
NEW ORLEANS, December IO.-A
Jackson, Mississippi special says that
Governor Ames's proclamation conven-
ing the legislature is almost unanimous
ly condemned.
VILLATNOUS IMPRESSION.
T. w. Cardoza, than whom no man
has done more to create this trouble, de-
clsres that the race conflict is now on us.
and that the negro tUoH3e1l are ready 10
commence Jcith az and knife TO slaughter
the tCitite tCOnlea and children.
IGNORANCE AND STUPIDITY THE
TOOLS.
One remarkable fact should be noted.
Only the country negroes have been
drawn into these demonstrations. The
town negroes are too smart to be duped
by their leaders.
ACTUAL NUMBER BILLED.
The actual number of negroes killed
IN Mondays fight is probably one hun
dred and fifty. Forty. eight were buried
In one field yesterday.
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ESGLANB

LoNDoN, December 10 The storm OF
yesterday was very DISASTROUS TO ship
ping. 4 dozen vessels are sshore a.
WhitLy, aud one r. reported sunk with
aI on ., ard. Mails from France were
seversl b0urs behind time. Heavy dam
aya ives done 10 the WORKS in the har-
cor Of Jersey. Two hundTei yards OF
pier were swept away, and blocks OF
concrete, weighing several tons, were
displaced. and broken. The storm was
vsrF severe en- the continent. The tele-
~Jsph lines between Italy, Switzerland
an1 Paris are down, and communities
ti0u interrupted
Ehe bullion iu he Bank OF England
increased c385, ,000 the past week. The
proportion % the bank reserve 70 liabil-
ig, which last week was 37s per cent,
is nnw 44s per cent.
Alex MsctIe, OF Baltimore, was mar
fiad yesterday 20 Virginia, daughter Of
the ate james Brooks, IN the Roman
Catholic church of the assumption,
ho.bon. Minister Schenck was pres
eDt y rTsigaor Capale performed the
marriage ceremony.
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IN THE lower house OF congress yester-
cay Mr.. Stowellr rising to question Of
personal pTivilege, ,,efered 10 the changes
made againsi liira by his political op-
ponent Porter OF having sold naval
osdetship for one thousand dollars to
one Sehooicraft, and Of having sold his
votes. He had, in letter to the Peters
burg ho.eri denounced tie charges Of
Porter a. infamous lies AID vile ISLANDERS.
he now asked FOR an Investigation by
Committee OF the hoIise. The matter
vas referred to the.cf,mmittee on naval
sflairs, with power 10 send for persons
snd papers, and to report at any time.
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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.

OFFICE PEOPLES INSURANCE COMPASY,
MEMPHIS, December 10, 1874.
At called meetingof the Directory Of this
Company held this day, the following presm-
bic and resolutions were adopted:
WHEHEAs In the Divine dispensstion of
Ail-Wise Providence, He has called from our
midst our beloved, honOred eo-dtrsctOr, >
BRI-CE. and whereas, his connection with
this Company has ever been marked by
riot and deyot d watchfulness 70 its inter-
esfs and the promotion OF its success; there
fore
Resolccd That his loss Is deeply felt, and we
lament hts death.
Resolred, That this Company has been de-
prived OF one OF It's most earnest and valued
friends, that the comm unity has sustained an
reparable loss.
ResolUod, That We, as his co directors. ex-
tend to his beieRved family our sincere con-
dOlence and deepest sy ympathy ia this hour OF
their great sfliicdon, ana that we attend his
funeral in a body.
Resoivcd, That these resolutions be spread
upon the minutes OF this company, and
copy be furnished 70 his distressed family,
and TO the morning papers Of this city Tor
publication,
copy. J. A. SIMMONS, Secy-
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The trial Of Count Won ArDim was
resumed to-day. The report Of Prince
HOhenlohe, German ambassador at
Paris, on the documents missing at the
legation, was read; also, the correspond
enee between Count Won Arnim and
the foreign Office in relation TO the return
Of several of the papers accomplished
Though the counts son. In letter &C
companying them Count Won Arnim
said bs believed The other missing docu-
n3ants Eess not in his possession. An
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THE following dispatch, addressed to
The senior editor Of this paper, was re-
sceived yesterday. It Is from the gov
ernor's private secretary:
NASHVILLE, Tenn, December l0.-
me re .ott Of the experts Is unfavorsble
- me sFeoo site for the inssDe hospital,
shd Z has been disappFOved by the gov
ernog. JOHN < TyTT,KFs
This puts an end, for the present, to all
hcpos Of an insane asylum for West
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Saturday, January 9th, 1873,

within legal hours, sell the property herein
described for cash, at public OCtcry to the
highest bidder, In font Of my office, Nc. y
South Court street. Menu phis, the following
real estate. to wit. Situated in Shelby county,
State OF Tennessee. and in the city of Mem
phls, bounded and described as follows, lO-WiL:
Beginning at a stake on the north hne OF
PontOtoc street extended one hundred ana
eighty Cls0) feet east Of the east line Of Or
leans street, aud running nOrthw drdly Al
parallel with Orleans street one hundred ana
tWeDIy-fOur tl24 feet to an alley thence east
wardiy and parallel with the north line OF
POutOtOc street sixty go feet 70 q stake; thence
southwardly and parallel with Orleans aud
first line one huLdred aud twenty-four .l2il
feet to the north line OF POntOtoc street (;
thence westwardly and parallel with POnlo-
toe street sixty t6Ql feet TO the beginning. Be
ing lot No. eleven QIlof Mrs. shepherds sub
division Of lot No. seven % OF county lot No.
81, and being same properly conveyed 70 X
L. Dalton by Ames, BeatIie 4 60. BY deed re-
corded in Registers Office shelby county,
book IS, page Is.
The right of redemption is waived and the
title supposed 70 be perfect, but will sell aud
convey only as Trustee.
declf C. W. METCALF. Trustee,
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TELEGRAAS.

The railroad depot at Lone Tree,
Nebraska, was burned Monday night.
A telegram from Hong Kong, Mon
day, saws that the Japanese troops re-
tired flsu FOrmosa on the third instant.
4. A printinghouse in Lille, the largest
establishment Of the kind in France,
buried yesterday. Loss, three hundred
thousand dollafs.
A telegram from ConstantinOple, yes
tsrday, says that the sultan has. given
three hundred thousand dollars for the
relief OF the ismine-stTicken Inhabitants
Of Augora.
An anonymous letter, understood to
emahate from the premier Of Italy, Sig
nor Mdnghette, refuting Bishop Dufan.
Ioup's charges against the Italian gov
ernment, is published in Paris and Flor
ence. It denies thatsthe pope is q pris-
oner. and declares that the government
of Victor Emmanuel will faithfully
maintain the papal guarantees.
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CUBA

NEW YORK, December l0.-A letter
-lom Havans, Of the fifth instant, says
hat the British schooner towed into
liissJ de Cuba, on the twenty-fifrh
lIg. by The Spanish gunboat, proves
10 boz the Eclipse, Of Port Antonio. She
wss hlred by a SpaniRrd to take him to
eEnasgo de Cuba, aud was properly dis
patched. The current carried her to the
'eswaIj, sud 5 le lost her reckoning and
l-a led TOE wrong way. She was cap
turet By the Spanish gunbost, but the
British consu.s protesting, the schooner
sl1 cIeV, after a lapse Of three DAYS,
WCls released. The passengers remain
uFf.nneTs