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SPENCER'S ELECTION.
\. y. Ferin's Testimony BEFORE the Ex-
smininE COmmIttee -"I Shot q
Hole through my Hat and
"HOIIered KukIUx!''

MONTGOMERY, ALA, May 81. !.
Perrin, late Republican member Of the
legislature from Wilcox county, testified
as follows before the committee now in-
vestigsting the means by which Spencer
secured his election to the United States
senate: Troops were retained in Alsba-
ma before the election OF the TequisitiOn
of myself and others, it having been un-
derstoOd that Spencer had arranged for
troops TO be put st the disposal Oi the
revenue officers where intimidation was
necessary. The troops were accomps.
MED by United States msTshals,
who had fictitious warrants with
citizens names prominently displayed
and shown to persons who would inform
them were paraded in various counties.
l shot hole in my hat, and reported
that l lad been attacked by kukluX,
and 1 sent troops to arrest the mystical
assailanis. / Kept troops as long as /
could Use them as q political machine.
Our purpose was to secure the legislature
at all hazards and elect Spencer. A
number of witnesses testified to the use
of money to effect the same purpose.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-CrOp re-
ports received to-day from various parts
of the State, show that in Sacramento
valley the yield of wheat will be from q
half to three quarters of an average. In
SolOnO county the prospects are good for
q fair crop; the same in Napa and SonO-
mo valleys. In Saa Jauquin valley crops
are very bad, and in many locaIi-
ties will not produce seed. The
whole valley will not probably
average over quarter of crop The
San Jose valley will produce a good half
average. In Salinas valley the wheat
ls in splendid condition on the higher
land, covering about seventy-fiye thou
sand acres, but on the river bottom half
crop is the extreme estimate. In the
southern counties grain generally is in
good condition, and the increased area
planted will probably afford the usual
surplus.
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THE New Orleans Bulletin presents
William S. Calhoun, long a political
chief in the parish Of Grant, long q
member OF a corrupt radical legislature,
long a prominent radical manager, long
the cherished isvoTite counselor and
agent Of a large and wicked negro con-
stituency, long the political dictator and
dispenser Of offices in Grant parish, the
active and knowing producer Of the Col
fax tragedy, and how a tried, proven
and convicted felon, as a sample radical
politician and office-holder Of LOuisi-
ana; and adds that "if it is any comfort
to his friends, We will say that he is no
worse than the average Of the men in
Office by whom our State is and has long
been afflicted. BY Calhoun as a sample,
the radical chiefs of louisiana may be
Judged"
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TIE new charter which Mayor
Losgue pronounced "the best in the
world" " but which the APPEAL has con-
demued from the first, has produced
some Of It's legitimate fruits in the pro-
ceediugs o. The general council yester-
day We have only space to call the
attention Of our readers 10 the one fact
that that body after voting down the
message Of the mayor yetOing the res1-
luton calling for 3 joint session
to elect the police and fire COM
missi0uers, 'as q matter OF pru-
dencs aud caution,n proceeded
10 elect OF re-elect the commissioners.
As o. the rest Of the proceedings we
leave our readers to draw their own in
ferences. or the vetOes we can only
mark our total dissent from the third,
and think, with the council,
that the commissioners should be To-
vested with the entire control and
management Of both the police and fire
departments. As things are now, our
city machinery il operated under two
charters, and will sOOn be under two sets
Of ordinances, and before the year is
over We shall be so mixed up that the
whole Philadelphis bar would find it a
hopeless task 10 extricGte US
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CONSOLIDATION,

ysIHE White River Valley and Texas Rail
L road Company having consolidated with
the Memphis and Kansas City Railroad Com
pany, gives to the latter Company a CDusideEI-
bic Increase Of It's capital stock, and IL IS eE-
peCted hat the work Of clearing of and grad
ing the road VIII be commenced at an cary
day, bids for thar purpose having been made
TO the company. The undersigned Is still re-
ceiviug subscriptions in Arkansas Lands, for
which the company is paying from two tn
five dollars per acre, as heretofore published
Now is the time to subscribe Iand-, before
they are assessed for 1875.
Remember, ell taxes cease from date OF sub
scriptiOn. All communications addressed to
the urdersfgued, care adams q Dixon, Nc. A
Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, will receive
prompt attention. y b MCURAY,
Subscription agent = ole - 80 z. r. 60.
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Inter state Educational Convention.

Inter state Educational Convention.
Nashville Banner.l
Steps are being taken to make the in
ter-St8te educational convention the
most i'm mpOrtant initial educational meet
ing that has ever been held in the south
President White, OF Cornell university;
Rev. Thomas Swann, secretary of the
Baptist home mission board of Pnila-
delphia; Prof. w. 7. Harris, superin-
tendent of the st. Louis city schools; H.
A. N. Henderson, State superintendent
of public instruction Of Kentucky; DR..
Barnabas Ssyers, Of Virginia.; State
Superintendent Ruffner, of Virginia,
will probably be present and discuss ed
ucatiOnal subjects from professional
stand.pOints. x-President Andrew
Johnson has been consulted with regard
to the meeting. He expresses great in
terest in the movement, and says it is a
capital idea, and that on that occasion
he will deliver an address, and thus re.
deem promise made at the last meet
ing Of the Tennessee State teachers as
sOciatiOn. An invitation has been eX-
tended to don. l.. q. &. Lamar, former
ly law professor in the university of
Mississippi, by Colonel Trousdsle, State
superintendent OF public instruction,
who confidently expects favorable re-
spOnse. Governor Garland, of Arkansas;
Governor Houston, of Alabama; Gov
ernor Smith, of Georgia, and Governor
Porter, Of Tennessee, will be in attend
ance. Ex Governor BrOwnIow, Ex-
Governor Neill s. Brown, Hon. VIM.
Bosom, Judge Samuel Watson, Rev.
Phillip S. Fall, and ThOs. w. Humes,
Of East Tennessee university, ex-presi-
dents of the Tennessee teachers associa-
ton, are expected to be present and take
an active part in the proceedings. Hon
john NJ. Fleming, the late efficient su-
perintendent Of public instruction, will
make an address upon the defects Of the
present school law of Tennessee.
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ADDITIONAL MARKETS.

MOBILE, May 5.-CottOn easier; mid
ding, 15ic; low middling, 143c; good
ordinary, 144c; net receipts, 5S bales
exports, cosstwise, SO bales; sales, 200
stock, 20, ,562 bales.
GALVESTON, May 5.-COttOn cas-
ier; middling, 15tc; low middling, 14sc;
good ordinary, 135c; net receipts, 246
bales; exports, cOastwise, 172 bales
sales, 1853 bales; stock, Al, ,683 bales.
SAVANNAH, May 5.-CottOn dull ;
middling, 15sc; net receipts, 1913 bales
exports to continent, 1000 bales safes,
APO bales; stock, 80, ,254 bales.
CHARLESTON, May 5.-Cotton
quiet; middling, 154c; net receipts, 8O1 ;
bales; exports to Great Britain, 1943 ;
coastwise, 238 bales; sales, 400 bales
stock, II, 425 bales.
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New York Evening Post.
Ii was remarkable preteDse Of some
Of the speakers-we refer particularly to
Mr.. Adams s-that it is possible for third
party to be organized under the title Of
independent" that shall alternately
favor one or the other Of the two great
parties which always contend for the
supremacy. The assumption that a
third party can long exist in such a re-
latiOn to the other two ia contrary to all
political experience. 1t must inevita-
bly, yield to bad control, or modify one
of the two so as to merge in it, or else
dwindle into insignificance. In any
event its mission and career are bound
to be temporary. Independence of part
isan control on the part of the individual
voter is one thing, but the permanent
organization Of body OF voters to be
bid for like goods at an auction sale is
something very different.
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Nonresident Notice.
No. I5s5-In the First cnapeery Court of Shell

No, l565-In the First ChanceTy Court OF Shell
by County, Tennessee.--E. W, Mcmillan ct
al VS.. America G.. Dill et Al.
1t appearing from the bill which is sworn
10 in this cause that the defendant America
c. Dill, is a nonresident OF Tennessee; that
she is indebted TO the cOmplainants AZ fol-
lows: to f. W. Mcmillan i'll the sum Of 81 s.
ev denced by note for that amount Of date
October "a, 1858, and to J. S Richmond In the
sum OF s37 evidenced by Judgment before
James Hal, j. P, an attachment having
been issued and returned, evied, etc:
1t is therefore ordered, That she make her
appearance herein, at the courthouse in the
city OF Memphis, Tenn, on or before the firsr
Monday In June, 1873, and plead, answer or
demur TO complainants' bill, or the same will
be taken for confessed as 10 her and set for
hearing exparte, and that a copy OF this or
cessive weeks, in the Memphis Appeal
This Sth day of April. 1879.
a cOpy-attest: EEM JND A. CDsE,
lTk and Master.
BY +. b. McHenry, ID. IN.
M j. Welchr sci. lOr C apg fr
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Attachment Notice.

DEFORE JAMES HALL, J. P.-State Of
d Tennessee, Shelby county Columbus
Bierce, by his neyt friend Frank BierCe, VS..
Hanyes " Co, a firm composed of C.H. Haynes
and W. II. Giffney.
In this cause an attachment having been
sued out under section 3405 of the Code of Ten
nessee. and returned before me levied on the
personal property of the defendant, and atfi-
davit having been made that the defendant IS
justly indebted to tue plai"' IFS in the sum of
Sis 50 by account, and that ne is a nOn-reSt-
dent OF the State of Tennessee;
1t is therefore ordered, That the said defend
ant make his personal appearance before ID e
on the 18th day of June, 1875, at 10 o'clock
am, at my office, Memphis, Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or the same will be pro-
ceeded with eXparte, and that copy OF this
order be published for four successive weeks
in the Memphis Daily Appeal. This the 5th
day of May, 1875.
JAMES HALL, j. +.
Frank Bras. attorney. mY6 IN
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Nonresident Notice.

No. I774.-In the First Chancery Court of Shell
by county, Tennessee-B. p. Anderson,
Commissioner of Revenue, ETC., VS.. John H.
MulfOrd ct al.
1t appearing from Sherif's return in this
cause that the defendants, John H. MulfOrd,
Samuel H Muliord, y. Lederle and George
ElphlngstOne, are not to be found in his
county;
II as therefore ordered, That they make
their appearance herein, at the courthouse
In the city of Memphis, Tennessee, on
or before the first Monday in June, 1915, and
plead, answer or demur to cOmplainants bill,
or the same will be taken for confessed as to
them and set for hearing exparte, and that a
copy of this order be published once week,
for four successive weeks, in the Memphis
Appeal.
This 29th day April, 1875.
A cOpy-A test: EDMUND A. COLE,
Clerk and Master.
By E. b. MCHENRY, Deputy G. & NJ.
John Johnston, sol. for complainant. fr
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New YORK tribune, 18th.
The statement that the President pro-
posed to the cabinet to make Mr.. Butler
his attOrney-general gives no one any
surprise. There is of course q glimmer
of satisfaction at the fact-if it be true
as repOTted-that two members OF the
cabinet protested against it, and not con-
tent with protesting, threatened to re-
sign if the proposition OF the President
should be carried out. But the simple
fact that such thing should, under tue
circumstances-fami to every intelli-
gent citiZen-be deliberately proposed, is
full Of unpleasant significance. We have
reason to be thankful that there were
two or three gentlemen in the cabinet
who had the manliness and the courage
10 take stand against such an outrage
upon decency. But what do the Massa-
chusetts gentlemen who were so con-
spicuOus few months ago in the Sim
mons fight think OF the President who
offers to take Butler into his cabinet
after Massachusetts and even the Es-
sex district have TeDudiated him?
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Nonresident Notice.

No. l4lS-In the First Chancery Court of Shell
by county, Tennessee.-B. p. Anderson,
commissioner of Revenue, etc, VS.. Mrs.
Ann Collins,
1t appearing from Sherif's return in this
cause that the defendant, Mrs. Ann Collins
is not to be found in his county;
1t is therefore ordered, that she make heT
appearance herein, at the courthouse in the
city OF Memphis, Tenn, on or before the first
Monday in June, 1879, and plead, answer
or demuT to cOmplainant'S bill. or the same
will be taken for confessed as to her and set
for hearing eXparte, and that a copy of this
order be published once week, for four sue
ceSSive weeks, in the Mem phis Appeal
This 18th day of April, 1875
A cOpy-attest: EDMUND A. COLE,
Clerk and Master.
By E. b. MICH ENRY, Deputy c. & NJ.
John Johnston, sol, Tor complainant, fr
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Nonresident Notice.

No. I73S In the First Chancery Court of Shell
by county, Tennessee.-B. 2. Anderson,
Commissioner OF Revenue, ETC., VS.. John
Scott, et al.
to in this cause, that the defendants, John
Scott and VIM. H, N. AagrudeT, are nOn-Tesi-
dents of the State Of Tennessee;
Itis therefore ordered, That they make their
appearance herein, at the courthouse in the
city of Memphis, Tennessee, on or before the
first Monday in June, 1875, and plead, an
swer or demur TO cOmplainants bill,
or the same will be taken for confessed
as to them and set for hearing eX.
parte, and that copy of this order be pub
lished once week, for four successive weeks
in the Memphis Appeal.
This 29th day of April, 1875
A copy-Attest: EDMUND A. COLE,
Clerk and Master.
By +. b. MCH ENRY, equity L. q NJ.
John Johnston, snI. for cOmpl't. n
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ADDITIONAL RIYRR REPORTS

LOUISVILLE, May 5.-River falling,
with 8 feet inches in the canal and
Z feet inches in the Indian chute.
Weather cool and raining. Arrived: /:
Charles Morgan, New Orleans; Arling-
ton, Memphis; MinneOla, Cincinnati.
Departed: Arlington, Cincinnati; Chss.
Morgan, Cincinnati; MinneOla.
ST. LOUIS, May 5.-Weather clear
and cold. River fell inches. Arrived: /:
st. Genevieve, Vicksburg. Departed: :
Grand Tower, Memphis. There were
several arrivals and departures of local
packets.
CINCINNATI, May s. Night.-River
falling, with II feet 10 inches in the
channel. Weather cloudy and raining.
Arrived: Charles Morgan, New Orleans;
Arlington, Memphis; Kitty Hegler,
Pittsburg. Departed: H. S. Turner,
Evansville; Cherokee, New Orleans.
Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, May 6-1 a.m.-FOr
Tennessee and the Ohio valley and the
lake regions, stationary or rising ba-
rometer, southwest to nOrtherly winds,
and cooler, clear or clearing weather,
with frosts in Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Attachment Notice.

DEFORE JAMES HALL, J. P.-State of
D Tennessee, Shelby cOunty-WallaCe N
Gibson, a firm composed OF K. ID. Wallace and
d. H. Gibson, VS.. +. NJ. ThOmasson.
In this cause an attachment having been
sued out under section 3I55 of the Code of
Tennessee, and returned LEVIED upon the
property of the defendants" and AFFIDAVIT
having been made that the defendant is justly
indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of Sl2 p
by account, and that the defendant is a non
resident of the State OF Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered, Thai defendant make
his personal appearance before me, ia n %
Hall, J. p, on the 10th day of June, 1915,
at 10 o'clock am, and defend said attachment
suit, or the same will be proceeded with eX-
parte and that a copy of this order De pub
lished for four successive weeks in the Mem
phis Appeal This 5th day of May, 1875.
JAMES HALL, J. p.
Humes & POstOn, attorneys. my6 tn
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Very Valuable Invention.

Nicksburg Her9Id.l
The Holly Springs Reporter Of Thurs
day has an account OF what would seem
to be a most valuable invention by q
citizen Of Mississippi. 1t is a ''locOmo.
tive and car guide" snd has been in
vented by Mr.. Turner II. Lane, OF Holly
Springs. Mr.. Lane claims that his loco
motive and car guide will prevent them
or either OF them from jumping the
track" that the speed OF trains can be
increased one hundred per cent; that it
will prevent the cars from jOltiDg or
sliding from side to side, and greatly
promote the ease and comfort Of rail-
way travelling. II his invention will sc-
cJmplish what Mr.. Lane claims for it.,
he will have proved himself public
benefactOr.
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Attachment Notice.

DEFORE JAMES HALL, J. P.-NOu-Resi-
d dent Attachment -CreditOTS-ACts OF 1870
and 1871, approved January 70, lS7I.-R. r.
Chiffon 81 son. "a firm composed of K. X.
Chiffon and Thomas II. Chiffon, vs. George W.
Adams.
In this cause il appearing by affidavit that
the defendant and plaintiffs are both non
residents Of the State OF Tennessee, ana are
both residents Of the state Of Miss sslppl- ltsl
the defendant is indebted 10 pialuuu lR lut
sum of fifty dollars, that the account is que
and unpaid, tuat the property OF tue ue-
fendant has been fTauduleutly removed -
this State lIfuueSs-yJ TO eEade iue process o-
the law in the Stale OF MISSISSIPPI tLeI
dOmicile; sr.....f -
In is further ordered. That publication be
made in the Memphis Daily Appeal, news
paDer published in the city OF memphis iOr
f0rir si,cce.si We week commanding the said
tieoraa " Adams TO appear before me, or some
other Justice Of the feace. az my once, rant
ers insurance building, Madison street. IN the
civ OF Memphis, on The 10Th day Of June,
is-5 al 10 o'clock a.In.r and make defense TO
said suit against him. o. 10 will he proceeded
with exparte. Memphis, April =, lo15.
JAMES HALL j. r..
We Iith civil District shelby county.
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At the outbreak Of the revolution that

At the outbreak OF the revolution that
profound statesman and philosopher,
Edmund Burke, warned the British
people that they would find in the south
ern colonies Of America the most stub
born resistance. Said he: "These peo-
pie Of the southern colonies are much
more strongly, and, with q higher and
more stubborn spirit, attached TO liber
ty, than those to the nOrthWard. Such
were sll the ancient OmmOuWealths; /;
such were our Gothic ancestors; such in
ou~ day were the Poles
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suppr,ssIon OF Religions Orders.

BERLIN. May l-Dr. Fslk, minis
ter Of public instruction, introduced 3
HU I'm the lower house OF the diet to-day
far the suppression OF religious orders in
Prussia. 1t provides that all religious
orders shall be excluded from the cOun-
Try. Existing establishments are forbid
den % receive new memUers, and their
present organizations must be dissolved
within SIX months after the passage Of
tie bill. Partial exception Is made in
rsv,.~ OF religious bodies engaged in the
,grf,~ ~ education, which may prolong
tnair existence four years; and OF those
whose object is the care Of the sick,
which msy continue their organizations,
Int ar7 liable to dissolution at any mo-
roaui. Associations thus continuing are
- Ia subject 10 the supervision Of gov
eminent officials. The property OF the
crnys8t- is not 10 he cOntiscatedr but
viii he temporarily administered 10y the
? tate.
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NASHVILLE.

NASHVILLE, May Sup to one
o'clock to-day, the weather was very un-
favorable for the races. A light rain at
noon made the track very heavy. There
was fine attendance. The ladies' stand
was full to overflOwing.
First race-Nashville cup, for all ages !;
$50 entrance, PIP; the association added
$500; dash Of two miles and quarter;
closed with eighteen entries. VIM.
Jennings's br. b. Ballankeel, /; Frank
Inns b. M. Arizona, 2; JacksOn's ch. C.
Oxmore, 3; Funk's b. b. st. George, 4;
Logan & Bruce's ch. I. Georgia Bow
man, 5; Elliott's Ch. m. Orphan Gill, g.
Time, 4:283. The pools sold on this race
averaged: Bsllankeel, $525; Arizona,
$50; Orphan Girl, $40; field, SIS.
Second Race-AssOciatiOn purse, $500,
mile heats: Cheatham's bi'k C. Van
derbilt, 2, 4, l, l Elliott's ch. C. The
MOdOc, l, 3, 8, 2; Ford & Co.'S ch. C.
Bally Shannon, 8, l, 4, 3; Williams &
Owens b. C. Fairplay, 4, 2, 2,r.O. Time,
l;5Sr 1:544, :56t. Two minutes pools
sold on this race previous to the first
heat, and averaged, Vanderbilt $3.50,
Fairplay Sl05, The MOdoc SIS, field $25.
After the first heat Vanderbilt sold at
$3.50, Fairplay Sl60, The MOdoc SIPS,
Bally Shannon 81. After the second
heat The MOdoc sold at 1920, BalIy
Shannon Sl6l, Fairplay S85, Vanderbilt
S. After the third heat Vanderbilt sold
at 1920, The Modoc S145, Bally Shan
non SS5.
Third Race-Association purse $50;
mile dash. Lewis's ch. c. Verdigris, l !;
EllIOtt's ch. C. Brakesman, 2; Charles
paiDeIs h. n NatpheZ g. HardinUIa h
Vocalist, a.; JOnnson's ch. (. Vaultress,
distanced; MOrgan's b. C. Won Moltke,
distanced; Rice's ch. C. Vortex, dis
tanced. lime, l:5l4 Pools sold on this
race averaged, Brakeman, $3.50; Vault
ress, $3.50; Verdigris, $3.50; field, S105.
LONDON, ENGLAND.
LONDON, May 5.-The race for the
Chester cup was run to-day and won by
Freeman, the Distin. second, and Duke
dom t6ird.
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Important Decisions By the United
states supreme court.

WASHINGTON, May The supreme
court to-day, in deciding in favor Of the
right OF the State of Maryland to collect
a certain sum on all passengers carried
by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, on
the ground that the state had contract
with the road, and was not in fact tax.
ing it, took occasion, indirectly, to de-
eide questions involved in the PROPOSE
ton to have the government assert the
right to control these roads and fix rates
of transportation. The opinion of the
court was judged by those who heard it
to declare the full authority Of the gov
eminent over roads fO2 purposes con.
nected with the question Of cheap trans
pOrtatiOn.
In the so-called Elgee cotton cases,
appealed from the court o claims, JUS
tice Strong delivered a very elaborate
and important opinion on the question
Of when the title passes in sales Of per-
EOnal property affirming the English doe.
trine as distinct from that held IN New
York and some other States, and decid.
ing the sale in the present case was only
sn eXeCutOTy contract, and did not pass
the title, and so reversed the judgment
below, Justices Hunt and Bradley dis
senting. This case involved upwards Of
three hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars, now in the treasury, and which it
is now decided belongs to the executors
of Elgee.