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NASHVILLE.
RersOBeI OF the Thirty y.ninth General
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CrOpS-Elc.


From an Occasional Correspondent.
NASHVILLE, March 29.-This Coca
siOnai' has not seen thy bright face
only Occasionally" for fortnight past.
can "stand it" no longer. Project thy
self hitheTward, and may thy shadow
not be seen less. Nashville is again
dry. The general assembly has ad-
journed, and the floods which covered
the Lick branch bottom have disappear
ed. In and about the capitol
ats echo and its empty tread
Now sound like Vo ceS from the dead"
The spring has not sufficiently ad-
vSnced to people the noble terraces with
1.-the forms and to make the upper air
which circulates upon the summit mu-
sical with voices of merriment and en-
jOyment. Alas! the members from Ma
riOn, Van BuTeu, ,and several other coun-
ties, can no more cry aloud, "Here's the
point to all exhausted audience. 1t is
generally admitted that the thirty-ninth
general assembly was composed of most
excellent gentlemen Their persOneL and
"make up" was unexceptiOnaOle. More
than average intelligence and moral
persuasion. But 1t was body of brist-
ling antagonism. Every man almost
wss theOrist in government and q
hobby rider in practice. Hence the
meagre results. Yet, let US do them JUS
tice. They were hard-working and con-
scientiOus, and they have passed some
good laws, and done but little evil. 1t
is blessing lCithOW disguise that most
OF their hobbies broke down before the
close Of the session. Your "Occasionalu
passed over the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad on his passage hitherward.
Notwithstanding the many floods which
washed over its road bed, it was in COM
paratively good condition, and its man
ayers, by their extraordinary circum-
spectiOn, prevented all accidents.
could not but think, as our train swiftly
passed along through forests, torn and
upturned by the hurricanes, and
and Over-hoOds, which threatened
to remove miles o. road. bed,
how great boon it had been to your
city in the hands of its original stock
holders who study the interests of your
city so closely in all its tariffs, and who
ought ever to receive the highest encO.
NUNS from your business men for the
patriotic tenacity with which they hold
to the great interests of your merchants.
The report Of the able secretary of the
Memphis cotton exchange shows that
by far the largest amount Of cotton re-
ceived at and shipped from your city
passes over this great thoroughfare,
evidence enough of the reasonableness
of freight tariffs in drawing business to
instead of taking it away from your
city. 1t is managed by home men, and
this accounts for the "milk in the cocoa
nut" But more anon. / must close this
rambling, hObbling epistle, with the
clock pointing to twenty minutes past
one IN the morning. OCCASIONAL.
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Creditors Notice.

No. 223, K. DIN the Probate Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee. A. Anderson, admin
istraIOr, ETC., VS.. NJ. NJ. Smith ct al.
Pursuant TO an order made in this cause,
notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against the estate of John W. Smith,
deceased, TO make their appearance herein, at
the courthouse OF the Probate Court, in Mem
phis, on or before the first Monday In April,
1873, aud file their claims against said estate,
and have themselves made parties hereto, or
they will be forever barred ana This cause pro-
ceeded with eXparte, and that copy Of this
order be published once a week for four sue
cessive weeks, In the Memphis Daily Appeal.
This March g. 1875.
A copy-Attest: JAMES REILLY, Clerk.
By II. 3. Cullen, u. Z.
7, NJ. S. Rhett sol. Tor compl't mh7 su
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ADDITIONAL PARTICULARs.

GALVESTON, March 3l.-A NeaOS
special from Corpus Christi, dated to-
day, says: "An American woman,
with her husband, in company with a
teamster from Laredo, arrived here to-
day, and gives sworn statement that
she saw, at the San Fernando creek, on
last Friday, about thirty-fve miles from
here, two Americans dead. They were
stabbed in several places, and their arms
and horses still near. They apparently
had been dead about a day. One was
a very stout man, with heavy black hair
and beard; the other light-haired man,
and both about twenty-five years of age
They were not known. The teamster
buried them in their saddle-blankets
and hastened on. She says that at
a place called Chocolate, about twenty
miles from this place, two Mexicans
were hanging upon tree. This is evil
IDENTIFY the work of the raiders RumOrs
from a reliable source report other simi.
lar cases. Also that a large body of
Mexicans have crossed the Rio Grande
from Mexico, making there their object
i've points. There is great anxiety felt
for the safety of our Citizens. Business
is almost entirely suspended, no one
leaving town or coming in. Merchants
say they will order no more goods until
these outrages are checked, and they are
afforded some protection. Our citizens
and arms are inadequate to meet the
threatened attacks. The citizens and
merchants held a meeting to-day, re-
questing the government to furnish i'm
mediate reliefD
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sARBATH SCHOOL FUNERAL NOTICE

BROWN-The officers, teachers and scholars
of the Central Methodist Church Sabbath
School, are respectfully and earnestly re-
quested to assemble at Central Church this
(THURSDAY) afternoon at "a o'clock, to at
tend the funeral of our lamented deceased
scholar and associate, ROBBIE BROWN.
A prompt attendance is expected.
RI. BOILING Superintendent.
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DIED,

GLASIER-NOvember "a, 1874, in London
ALICE FILLINGHAM GSAsIER, youngest
daughter of William and Olive GlasieIi
MendenhalI, Suffolk, England, aged twenty
three.
BROWN-On the 3lst uIt ROBIN, beloved
son OF w. n. and II. l.. Brown, aged fourteen
years, five months and twenty. nine days.
Funeral from the residence, No. S77 Union
street, this CTHURSDAY) afternoon at three
O'Clock. Friends Of the family are respect
fully invited TO attend. Services by Rev. Drs.
Heard and Stainback. Carriages at FIaherty
d SuIlivan's and at the residence.
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Heavy FaiIure-EoRrtsh TurC

LONDON, March 3l.-Wm. Thos. Hen
ley, telegraph engineer and contractor,
has failed. Liabilities two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
The race for the great NorthamptOD-
shire stakes was run to-dsy and won bv
Peeping Tom; Black Watch second, ana
Shannon third.
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MARRIED,

BROOKS-SMITH-I this city, at the resi-
dence of the brides mother, Mrs. w. X
Smith, 81 Mosby street, Tuesday evening,
March 30th, by Rev. s. b. Suratt, assisted by
Rev. q. A. Lotion, Mr.. BYRON BROOKS and
Miss CLARA p. SMITH.
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Attention. Knights TemDIar.

TIHE members of st. Elmo Commando O
i ry, No. Is, U. D., are hereby requested w
to attend a special cOnclave, this/V\
(THURSDAY) evening, April lst, at o'clock,
for conferring the Orders OF the Tenn
pie. All members of the COmmandery are
required to attend in full dress.
FratIes are cOurteously invited.
By order. 3. +. HALLER, E. G.
r. W. SHELTON, Recorder.
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TEXAS.
Immediate Steps 20 be Taken for the
Protection OF eur Citizens ON the
Mexican Frontier.
The Bloody Greasers Still on the War
Path, Numbering, RObbing, Out
raging and Burning "A
Speck OF War.

WASHINGTON, March 31.-The secre-
tary has telegraphed the commanding
officers OF the department of Texas to
Use every effort to prevent Mexican raids
across the Rio Grande. The following
telegram was received here to-day:
AUSTIN, TEXAS, March 80, 1873.
His Excellency, U. S. Grant, President of the
United States:
SIR-The depredatiOns of organized
bands of robbers from the republic of
Mexico have OF late increased in fire.
quency and strocityto al extent which
threatens the depOpulatiOn of the lower
Rio Grande country. The alarm in the
country between the Nueces and the
Rio -Grande, consequent upon these
raids, in which our people are ruthlessly
murdered and their property fOrcibly
taken by these foreign desperadOes, is
widespread, and unless relieved by some
assurances of protection, must result in
q general breakup of the settlements.
On the tWenty-siXth of this month q
large party OF these robbers penetrated
the interior as far as within eighteen
miles of Corpus Christi, rObbiDg stores
and ranches, and numbering and cap
turing citizens, and capturing and de-
stroying the United States mail. | ap-
peal to your eXcellency for protection
for the people of that country against
these invasions of outlaws from Mexico,
since they have been of almost
weekly occurrence for several months
past, and are increasing in force and
holiness. The citizens of that country
have been compelled, for the most part,
to move TO towns for protection, and no
security exists outside these corpora
tons for life or property, and the people
in the towns even hold themselves in
constant readiness for defense. 1 trust
your excellency will deem it proper to
give security to the people on the Rio
Grande border in view of the assurance
l now give you that there is an extreme
necessity for it. Very respectfully,
RICHARD COKE,
Governor of Texas.
The secretary of war sent the follow
ing reply:
WASHING TON, ID. C., March 81.
To the Governor of Texas:
SIR-The President being absent, your
telegram has been sent TO me. Orders
will be given the military authorities to
take immediate steps toward the pro-
lection Of the people of Texas on the |
Mexican frontier.
WILLIAM H. BELKNAP,
nf WOr
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100000 Fire.

WHITEHALL, n. V, March 3l.-The
whole OF the business portion Of the viii
lage OF TiconderOgs, New York, was de-
strOyed by fire this morning. Loss es-
timsted at two hundred thousand dol
lars.
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AN ACT to authorize the Trustees OF the
Morgan County Academy TO sell and re-
locate.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the state of Tennessee, That the
Trustees of the Morgan county Academy ~
and are hereby authorized to sell the county
academy and grounds, located in the town OF
Montgomery, and invest tue proceeds of said
sale IN an academy to be situated in the town
of Wartburg, the county seat of the county Of
Morgan, State Sf Tennessee.
Section 2. Be IL further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and ter its mass
age, the public welfare requiring il.
Passed March 8, 1875.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
THOMAS II. PAINE
Speaker OF the Senate
Approved March l3 Is75
JAS, ID. POR FER, Governor.
l certify that The foregoing Is a true COPY of
an act of the Tennessee General Assem- Div.
the original OF which is on file Ia my office
CHAS. n. GIBBS,
Secretary OF State,
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Southern HOOpskirt
H-.L
STATE LAWS.

AN ACT to authorize the Comptroller to
settle with George q. DiDrell, late President
and Receiver of the Southwestern Railroad.
Section l. Be II enacted by the General As
sembly OF the State OF Tennessee, That the
Comptroller be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to settle with the Receiver and
late President of the Southwestern railroad
Company.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That when
said settlement shall have been made, 1t may
be made on the evidence of q. u. DibrelI, or
any other. evidence proper and legal in itself.
If there should be any sum found to be due
SAID Receiver, for balance of salary, the
Comptroller shall issue his warrant for the
same in favor Of George q. Dibrell, said Re-
ceiVer, for whatever amount shall be found 10
be due him on final settlement.
Section 3. Be 1t further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and after its pass.
age. the public welfare requiring it.
Passed March 10, 1875.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS 81. PAINE,
Speaker OF the Senate.
Approved March lS, 1875.
JAMES u. PORTER, Governor.
/ certify that the foregoing is a true copy OF
an act of the Tennessee General Assembly,
the original of which is on file in my otnce.
CHAS. n. GIBBS,
Secretary OF State.
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LONDON, March 3l.-Spanish advices
state that Notwithstanding the deDials
o. the truth nf the reports Of dlssensions
among the Cdglists, il Is known beyond
question that there are serious differ
enceS between Don Carlos and the
Csrlist council Of the province Of Ma
WarFp
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The City OF Brooklyn, from Liver
pool, arrived at New York yesterday.
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PARIS, March 3l.-The Bien Public
publishes the following: The emperor OF
Brazil proposes to sbdic4te in favor of
ms eldest daughter, Countess D'Empero.
Upon his SbdicsJiOn he will make the
Tour OF Europe, afier which he will pro-
ceed to the United States, where he will
make his home.
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Z. q. G.. -

VNHE Pride of Memphis Lodge, No. 392, will
i meet at 22l Second street (Jhird floor, three
doors south of Adams street, this THURS
DAY. evening at755 o'clock.
full attendance is desired.
By order of WA. HILL, JR., Wet,
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VA Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
col Broadway, New York.
Catalogues-Part lst, Mathematical; Part
ID, optical; Part Sd, Magic Lanterns; Part 4th,
Philosophical Inst uments, each ten cents.
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MASONIC NOTICE,

VNHE stated communication OF Leila O
i Scott Lodge, No. 2S9, will be held thisNH
(THURSDAY) evening, April lst, at S/N
o'clock, for dispatch of business.
All M. NJ. IS are fraternally invited,
By order A. F. DAVIS, W. NJ.
A. S. MYERS, Secretary.
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CALCUTTA, March 3I-The trial of
Guikemar, OF BsvsdR, on the charge of
attempting 70 hribs servants of the resi-
dents 10 psis0n Colonel PhayTe, the
president, has resulted ia a disagreement
Of the commission before which the case
was triad
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The Ransom Garge.

WILKEsBARRE, PA, March 3l.-The
foot Of the Ransom gorge has lodged
against the foot Of this gorge without
starting it. The water has risen one
and 4 half feet here in little
over an hour, and is now twenty-one
feet above ioW-water mark, but the
gorge shows no signs of giving away,
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MICROSCOPES, TELESCOPES,
JAS. w. QUEEN d CO.,

Field Glasses, Barometers, Thermometers,
Magic Lanterns, Mathematical and
Philosophical Instruments,
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CHATTANOOGA, March 3l.-Fifty
gentlemen aud thirty ladies, represent
ing the Indiana press association, ar
rived from Atlanta this evening. They
have made a hssty trip to nearly every
important city IN the south. After vis-
iting Lookout mountain tomorrow,
thew will start FOR Nashville.
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HOME NEWS.
Fivs Hupdr.d Hsuas Dl.cnarr.1.

EIF" " "uUuttu HHuas UistHafReU,
MONTREAL, March 3i.-The Adams
tobacco manufacturing company have
discharged their hands, numbering five
hundred, as the mark st is oveIstocked.
ThR Pres ExrnrrInnisfn
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WASHINGTON, March 3I.-It seems
to be generally believed that Mr.. Doug
lass will soon retire from his position as
internal revenue commissioner, but it is
thought he will not retire from public
service.
The internal revenue receipts for the
month ending to-day are SIS, 234, 554;
the receipts for March, 1874, were
S7,76l 900. The customs receipts for the
week ending March 9th, were: Balti-
more, Sl2S 924; Philadelphia, Sl9l 1864; ;
Boston, S344 ,s63; from New Odeans,
from the month ending March, S2 09O,-
5e7
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COLUMBUS, OHIO, March 3l.-Wm.
B0Okey aud James Parker, two prison.
ers being brought from Toledo to the
penitenIisry under sentence for burg
larry, jumped from the train while GO
ing at the rate Of thirty miles an hour,
near Orange station, fourteen miles from
this city, to-day, and escaped. Up to
this hour neither of the convicts have
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-09-10
Suicide.

4 man named Elisha Merritt commit
ted suicide at the lock-up, at Springfield,
Mass. Thursday evening. 2d, by hang
ing himself from the bar of the grating
over his cell dool with Il rope made of
strips of his cell blanket. He Was ar
rested ON II telegram from Sheriff :. W.
sitimSon. of Windsor county VT, for
tnrgerie> committed ut keeme. y. H..
and Cavcndish. Vt. The first was for
il tritiing amount. and he was arr;Iigncd
for il about six weeks ago. and was
bailcd our 10y his nephew, II. l.. Merritt.
of Cavtndi>h. who took his uncle home
with him. But the latter WAS migrate
tul enough To forge his ncphew'S name
for so. far which otirnSc il warrant
against him WAS placed in the hands of
sheriff StimSon. Merritt came to Bur
imgton and then went t" Rutland, i'll
both places getting into trouble 10y his
efforts to iai>c money. after which he
went to Springfield, and WAS arrested
there. Merritt WIS - Years old, and.
half Il dozen NcalS ago. had property
and Il large S;tl:rlH as tiniSher III il WOODEN
mill i'll Maine.
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tence and refuses to sign the death
warrant. while the Council refuse To
commute. The matter will probably
remain unsettled until there is Il new
administration in Massachusetts. Sheriff
Clark of Boston. who has charge of the
Pomeroy hoy. expresses himself as fol
lows in regard to the youth:
lie l. iar above the average Youth of
his NcaI> in mcutal and ply steal dcvel-
opmcht he is desperate. daring. arttnl
and untruthful. and It dangerous being
to Ice at Liberty: for some added proof
thereof come and see his work in at
tempting to escape, read his intercept
ed. unpublished letters to his mother
and brother for aid in such attempt.
and hear shat he desired to do to the
watchman on duty. As his faithful
counsel remarked, in terms. in address
ing the jmN IN his behalf: If knew
that he CpomcioN WAS at liberty, and
living in the same town in which with
my Young children reside. | would at
once leave the town with all my family
and go 50 far away from his mci"hhoI-
hood a> prudent safety would dictate.
50 SAY |.
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Live and Learn.

TO the Editor Of the (ai,,Ionian:
Doubt always. is the only maxim
really indicative of the prcuinlities of
these days. Nothing is accepted he
cau>r II Is old on has been proved by
others. The traditions of days past are
lang died 1T 10y the hH0Wjng: the nen-
phNtc IN Il trade nr in Il science pushes
the experienced leader aside and wins
followers 10y reason of havin" lung
power sufficient /" initiate empty heads
with his own equally empty ideas: to
b" IN lr"n"rla>t is to he popular: 10 he
sccptical i to he IL leader: the bump of
reverence Is fast disappearing from the
American Uranium.
This Is equally true of important and
of minor matters: the man who believes
III the honesty ot purpose of il national
leader. and he who hrSitates to douht
the trirkery of village trustee. are
equally condemned us foolish and east
ly guided.
Now this preamble. Mr. Editor. was
called forth 10y reading an account of
tn" meeting of the Passump>ic II. X.
Stockholders. held ut Newport last
week. have long entertained the
opinions. hut the eruption was caused
10y the reports of the meeting referred
to : because | have some acquaintance
with the persons interested in the re-
suits of the meeting (although don't
own Il dollars worth Of stock in the
r"ad.) and especially hecau>e at that
meeting 1t WAS first made known to me
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The Material Prosperity of Maine

The following extract from HE Maine
correspondence al the Bn>toH .j"HJHui
l. Interesting not only IL. show ing that
There j. one state Whiri. rl,, Erpuhlicln
rule hI~ not Yet ruined. hul also as in
dicntI,r of the prn~prIit, 81 sister
stale. with which Vermont j. destined
t" hcc"mc intimately connected.
l. the republican party Responsible
ton the hard times in Maine Let IT,
examine Il few facts. The Republican
pant! came Imio power in lr:'J. Since
ihcm ii has hrId Uudi>putcd sway. pil-
linz mp it, annual mlj"ritic, wear attcI
year with an imNincihilitN that showed
that lis principles lived in the hearts "t
the people. From l-jU to l>1U. diiIiu
which iuur Nr.ti> of Democratic rebel
lion took place. im>nlNiu" an inrmcIl>,
outlay of money. heavy taxation and
draining the state ot Il large proportion
of its ahc-hndird men. how stands the
official record In I~6U the United
states ctIiSu> reports the total number
of industrial establishments in Maine to
lie $50. with an invested capital of
so. Oll.o2O. giving employment to 81,
Oh hands. At an annual cost for such
Labor "i S~,3tE}.S3l. and turning ont
products valued at 81. Ig3.1JI. In
$50 the same authority reports a. the
total number of Industries .J.I5O. Il gain
OF HiO. with an invested capital of
:&'.I!H, $50. an increase. of ~I1.1J;,. 100.
giving employment to ~, lSn hands. an
ircrc;iSc of ll.J6l persons. to whom
We're paid Il .2-J. 2OJ. an increase in
Wages disblIIScd of Sj.g1S.3ll. and
turning ont products valued at 80
~ ..)2l. IN increase of I'll .D4 .261.
During this decade of ten years it
will thus he seen that under Rrpuhli-
can rule III Maine. and in the face of
the most gigantic civil war the world
ever knew. when the resources of our
State were taxed in money and men in
Il most unprecedented manner. the,
numher of our manufacturing eStah-
lislImchtS WAS Increased over f0rtu- fire
per cent ; the amount of invested capi-
tai over eighty per cent: number of
hands employed over tOrty hrO per cent
increase of Wages over serenty-One pei
cent : increase in value of manui;ictui-
ed products over one hundred and eiqbf
per cent.