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DIED.

WICKS-At Anaheim, California, pod inst, Mrs
n. LIZZIE WICKs late of Memphis wife Of Moses
l.. Wicks, and daughter of W. j. and NJ h Llttleiohn
McKINNEY-The burial Of rst-Lieutenant JOIN
A. MCKINNEY Fourth United States cavalry, who fell
II battle with the Indians Will take place from st
Lazarus Church this SUNDAY afternoon, at 3
O'Clock. The Chickasaw Guards and the Bluff City
Grays will both escort the remains 20 Emwood, wher
the interment will take place with military honors
MURRAY-In Boston, December 21st, WnLIas
]. MURRAY late OF Memphis
Although he was almost stranger to our man
Ders, coming from the far north, the above an
nouncement Will bring pain to many warm personal
friends who knew him intimately, and who now low
fngly remember him In the recollection OF days and
hours passed in happy and cheerful friendly inter
csurse. The many more who knew him In the daily
business associations of llfe viii deeply regret the
death of one who, to them and ALL was ever polite
courteous and obliging, while maintaining his
character as business man. And there s still an
other though smaller CIRCLE where his deep, rich
voice has often been head and his genial smile has
ever beamed on all alike, that now Will mourn for
their friend and that Will remember how often these
have made life bright and cheerful, and when next
II comes together will pray from the hearts depth
that their friend now gOne Will, In the other world
be remembered and loved as here GO0d-bye may
life hereafter be an eternity Of peace, harmony and
resti B.
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proposes TO calculate IN advance how many ,nen win
probably be intimitated from voting hog many viii
be killed before the next election In pesOal reii
confer. and how Iaany VIII die from the effect OF
Habcock's crooked WHISKY and appOTtion the repre-
seniarion OF the south accordingly. To any ordinary
mind. this apporti0nment would seem TO be an ap-
palng Job, Bat to Er. Edmunds Ii Is easy; In tact,
be has already made the calculation In ad-
vance OF the Investigation he asks, and he pr0elaims
that II Is the representation which the constitutional
amendments have gisen-ffteen or twenty In mum
ber-which he proposes TO strike on from the snuLb
The object of his inquiry Is 20 obtain material for
pT0claiming that the negroes do not vOte-a Iact
easily established In Radical minds-because theY
do not vote the Radical ticket, and thereupon ne
proposes 70 blot them out from representation and,
as natural consequence, from the right OF suffrage
hope you will ventilate this Infamous Radical
scheme through the columns Of your paper and LET
our negro friends see that our prophecies have al
ready come TO pass, and that already We are called
upon TO defend them from the assaults OF our com
mon enemy. But let them be OF good cheer-a Demo
cratic house will not tolerate such an lnlqulty.
JAS. R. CHALMERS.
Priars Point Miss December I3, 1876.
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LAKE DISASTERS.
Six Hundred and Thirty Nine Disasters
During the Past Xear-LOss,
S1,I73,26O.

DETROIT, December 23.-Captain ]. w. Hall, who
has Just prepared the marine statistics of 1875
valuation of property lost S1,173,260. The losses
of timber RATS on the lakes amount to about S1O1
000. The greatest losses during any month was
Of disasters this year Is AT less than In 1875 The
total number of deaths, either on board ship on
shore, among seamen was 155, of which number 36
were vessel masters IA were lost by fOundered YES
sells, 81 were drowned, % died on shore, 13
were killed accidentally, 2 were murdered COM
mitted suicide, and was found dead. The new
tonnage amounts to 4761 a falling off from 1875
of 11,5l7 tons. The last tonnage amounts to 1890
TONS an excess over the new tonnage of 1889 tons
Financially the season of 1875 is the worst on
record
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WASHINGTON.
The House AajOur ed for the Holidays.

WASHINGTON, December 23.-The house session
lasted only twenty minutes, when 4 adjourned TIL
"Wednesday. Mr.. ClXner was speaker pro teIl. Mr..
Monroe resigned from the committee on rights,
privileges and duties OF the house In regard to count
ing the electoral votes Mr. Springer offered resO-
luton for the compilation and printing OF the pro
ceedng5 and debates relating to counting the cleo
tOrdl vote since the establishment Of the govern
meTt Adopted A resolution was adopted calling
for copies Of the orders 70 the expenditure o. the
appropriations OF last session for internal improve
ments 81. Reagan. from the committee on commerce,
offered a resolution, which adopted, requesting
the President 70 furnish the house with copies Of all
orders. made by him or under his direction, and OF
the orders and correspondence OF the war depart
meDt relating 10 the limitations made by the PTesi-
dent OF the appropriations for rivers and harb0rs,
and 10 specify how the two millions out OF the i've
million dollars appropriated during the last session
OF congress, have been expended and also 70 state
under what law such Limitation was made.
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FLORIDA.
Counsel for the Contrasting Board Gives
up the Job, and the Court orders
Peremptory Mandanus.
Tfiden Certain OF the Electoral Vote
OF the Gulf 5tate-The Question
OF the Presidency Settled.

T4HLAHASSE, December 23-The supreme court
met tt noon to-day. The counsel for the board
Withdr " the motion made yesterday that he be al
lowed 10 answer. The court made the writ peremp-
oy and ordered the board to recanvass the vote BY
the tHsntyseyenth instant and file report of their
action that day and then took recess until four
O'Clock 10 make uBtts record.
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WARNINGS!
Turing the year 1875 We published repeatedly
u the following
MESSAGE
PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE.

WHEREAS. Within the past seven years, forty
weak or worthless life Insurance companies have
been excluded from tn State by orders OF the Insur
ance Department; and,
Whereas, There is yet hood reason 10 DelleVe InaI
within the next seven yeas many more OF IlAe
worthless character will be fC Tced TO retire, ,
This MESSAGE is issued to ,NmOulsn tne cluzons
of Tennessee, and 80 far as may Dc 70 save Ihein
from loss in consequence thereof. ,.,
To guide the citizens Of the State In the seiecton
OF the best Life Insurance cOmpaneH We FURNISH tne
following practical Illustration Of their comparative
merits.
In doing this we emphatcally dlsclaiI q u1f1endl-
mes toward any company, desire to in1QFe any
Referring to the Massachusetts, Insurance RepOrIS,
we selected the best and several of the poorer
of companies, showing a correct measure OF Ine
uarits and yalua Of cOnnany
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The New York PosfOffice Matter be-
fore the Investigating Committee.

NEW YORK, December 23.--At a meeting of the
congressional investigating committee, Chairman
Cox said a whole week had been exhausted, With
nothing TO show and he did net intend to make his
committee a laughing-stock. Mr. M'Dougall asked
Mr. Cox how he came to be chairman, which qaes-
tion Mr. Cox refused to answer, when Mr.. NJ M'DOugal
moved recess and the election Of a chairman. The
loquy ended. The matter OF opening In the New York
post0fice Of letters addressed to Mr. Hewitt, chair
man OF the Democratic National committee, was be-
gum and Mr. Hewitt took the witness chair He re-
peaed what he said In the house Of representatives
after Mr.. Plat introduced his resolution of Inquiry
Postmaster James declined to ask Mr. Hewitt any
questions. Mr.. James GaylOr, superintendent Of the
city-delivery department, and for many years the
detector OF Irregularities showed how 1t was impos
sble TO commit the crime; and James YOumans
Superintendent of the out-OftOwn mails, testified
that the congress mail goes direct to the postmaster
of the house
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MARRIED.

GIANoTTI-AGNEw-on Sunday, December II
1876, at St. Patricks Church, by Rev Father Lisela
Mr. B. GIANoTTI and Miss KATIE AGEKw, both Of
this city.
VIRGIN -wRIGHT-On the 2lst inst, at the res
iience Of Mrs. Newton in Chelsea, By Rev Virginius
G. Gee Mr.. FREDERICK ]. VIRGIN (of the Southern
Express Company. and Miss X. N. WRIGHT, both
of Portsmouth, England
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CLOSING RATES

Yesterday ef cotton and gold: Nec York
cotton, II lie. Memphis cotton, II 5-se.
Sex York gold, I07 IL. Memphis gold,
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To ALL friends Of the APFEAL "a merry
C'iristInas. - s'God bless ", every cne. =
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WEATHER PROBABILITIES.

WtR DEPT.. OEFECK ca $40. OFFIcKa-
WAzH6rus. December -, an
For TeaHessss and the Ohio rdiley, general
y cloudy ireafkerGnd s'soe, Sifh temperature
Beloie .frsesiHg. Ho,fherly to easterly heiads,
and during The day sl0sely falling barometer.
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THOMAS ]. BEASLEY,
COTTON FACTOR
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchant,
230 FRONT STREET,
Upstairs : :: : Memphis. Tenn.
"CAUTTON."
CAUTION" i"

Workingmen's Building and Lean AS
sociatfon-AnnuaI Meeting.
THE annual meeting Of the Association viii be
i held on TUESDAY EVENING next, Dec. 2Bth
az 7lz o'clock at the Office OF the Association when
the reports and statements Of the officers Will be
submitted, and an election Of officers for the ensu-
Ing year will be held. full attendance Is desired
CHAs. T. PATERSON, See'y L. LAGRILL, Prest
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6. b. H0 LIST. 7. W. HOIST.
G. H. HOIST & BRO.
Chancery Sale of School Scrip.

Chancery Sale OF School Scrip.
Nc. 2277 R-Chancery Court of She lby county, Ten
nessee.-COchran, Cirode Il Co. VS.. E. K. Knight.
pY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale en-
ID tered In the above cause on the 2Sth day OF
October 1875, will sell, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, In front Of the Clerk and Masters
Office, Courthouse Building, Main str ret, Memphis,
Tennessee, on
Saturday, January 13, 1877,
within legal hours the following desl ribbed School
Scrip issued from District OF Forest Ci ty Arkansas,
to-Tit No. 33, dated January 49, 1878, for S25;
10: 34, no date, S25; No. 35, dau d June %,
1873 $25; No. 80, same date S25; No 37, no date,
3, 1873, $593 SO; No. 81 January 2, 1874. $50,
No, So, same date, S42 50 No. 81, March 28,
same date, $50; No. 49, same date, s. 30; No. a5,
same date $50; No: 1lS, April l, 1874, 500; Nc.
155 July IA, 1874, 1922 20; No. 156, same date,
S52 6S
Terms Of Sale-Cash. December "a, 1879
Z. A COLE, Clerk and. Master.
By R. ]. Black Deputy c. and NJ
7. B. MicOu, Attorney
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Tho Mutual BenefE, with an average return ulF-
dend OF 33 per cent. furnishes its pollcy-holdeTs
Life Insurance per cent cheaper than those com
panies which return only IA per cent dividend, and
% per cent cheaper than those which return only
per cent. dividend
Money paid for life insurance Is we'll invested when
paid to such a company as the Mutual Benefit, but
worse than thrown away when paid to the weak or
worthless institutions too often presented for public
patronage.
*The public are cautioned against eonfounding the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, OF Newark,
n j., with a company called the New Jersey Mutual
Life insurance Company Many Of our citizens have
been misled by the similarity In name. See differ
ence In management and character as shown above.
4From Reports this company is not permitted TO
do business In Massachusetts.
Since the publication Of the above message ttpo Of
the companies named, tO-wit: the Continental and
the Security have made disastrous failures ana CIT
liens OF Tennessee have lost largely In consequence
thereof.
We again admonish the people Of Tennessee that
the end Is not Jet, and that the best life tIsSdce Is
the chedUeSt.
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company has
been established In the STATE Of Tennessee ten years.
and has paid to the families Of deceased members
In this State $4,000. Its assets January 1, 1875,
we're S31 ,0S5,011 and its surplus out OF which 70
pay future dividends to policy was S2,3SS,-
$50 II.
We viii give prompt attention to applications for
insurance in this company, and will also be glad TO
furnish information in regard to life insurance In
any form, or as regards the character and standing
Of any company.
We especially caution the public against horde
OF modern fallacies and new forms introduced oy
weak, and In some cases, by worthless companies.
Before investing In anything of the kind send dyodr
address and receive information on the subject
with this company the most favorable conditions Tor
successful work. District and Local Agents wanted
throughout the state; Apply to
j. Il. WARNER. state Agent.
pa EaH md Main V1RFnnk4s.
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OBSERVATION YESTERDAY.

WkR DEBT. SIGNAL SKRTIcK {. s. AKlIT,
SATURDAY Dee D, 1873. 1905 pm.
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Ratio of Expense to Income from 1866

1t Will be noticed that the ratio of expense of tive
last seven companies more than double that OF
the first. Notice, now, the relative percentage o.
dividends paid by the same companies to their poll
-hnldars aimee tho Ellzatinn of each.
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just Received.

A NICE assortment Of English Double-Barrel
"a Guns and Wostenhoim's Pocket Cutlery, Scis-
sors Razors, etc
OrrfIl Brothers 4 Co.
nirncf Irnnnrfara 81 q ard aI2 Rrn,t Streef
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The following circular was issued or Thurs
day by Colonel Trousdale, state supeI1nten-
dent Of public instruction, to county sunerin-
tendents:
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HEWITT'S CHARGE.

Friars Point, Miss, December 13, 1876.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-14
Rice Growing abandoned In North Caro-
lima Result Of the War.

The Wilmington JOHrnal publishes n
comparative statement Of the rice pro-
ductiOn on the Cape Fear before and
since the war, and the contrast j. n re-
markable one. The industry may be
said TO have become extinct. The inn
mense tracts Of rich swamp lands.
drained at infinite cost, ditched and
banked and cleaned. and cultivated with
the nicely Of a garden, have reverted to
nature, have become hideous morass.
impossible and impencirable. Dotted
over it, shiny surface the white crane
stands. in solitary silence. sentinel
over the waste. the ghostly sigh of de-
parted prosperity. All is desolation and
ruin-ruin so complete that il seems inn
possible now that money or labor shall
ever again retrieve it. Certainly not
with the labor AZ hand. \ peculiar train
ing and peculiar physical adaptation
were necessary % the cultivation Of the
rice plantations. Those requisites were
obtained after generations of habits and
experience. The results Of the war
dispersed the negro laborers. most of
whom found their way To Wilmington
or back into the high lands, where.
for the purpose 10 which they We're
trained, they became utterly useless
and demOralized. The cultivation of
rice, therefore, on the Cape Fear may
be set down as a lost industry. The
amount Of capital 10 renew the work Of
reclamation i not in the reach of the
original proprietors, and inexperienced
enterprise would not venture upon the
folly Of such an undertaking. and the
proper kind Of labor is almost utterly
wanting. Ii is possible that portions
Of these abandoned plantations may be
utilized as meadows. We remember
having attention called TO such enter
prises on Eagle Island, opposite VIII
mington, which was said 10 promise
success. A small portion Of the island
and some other rice-iield lands in the
vicinity We're made available a market
gardens But this is n meager compen-
.ation for the widespread ruin Of so
large and profitable a business. The
rice Of the Cape Fear has peculiar
value, and always brought the highest
prices. II was largely shipped to South
Carolina for seed, some of the planters
Of that State using North Carolina seed
exclusively. The total production be-
fore the war was about 100000 bushels,
or 1900, 900 pounds. Now il il barely
10. 900 bushels, and diminishing rather
than increasing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-14
A Badly Beaten Drummer.

A Louisville drummer stopped not
long since at one Of our Green River
hotels, aud the next morning yoluptu-
ous-loOking chambermaid came in to
arrange his room. He approached her,
and gently putting his arm around her
waist, said: "lou are my darling"
Md then he stole a kiss from her red,
pouting lips. What did she doP Why,
She seized the foot-tub where he had
Just washed his feet, and hathed his
head with the contents; then she sham
pooed his hair with the coal-grabs; per-
fumed him with the water in the slop-
bucket washed his hair and whiskers
with the blacking-brush rubbed him
down with brush that had been used
the day before in painting the hearth,
and knocked the dust out Of his clothes
with the poker. Then, doubling UP
her fists. and shaking them at HIM, she
said: This Ohe right one) is certain
death, but as l am not the fool-killer,
III not use that on YOU; this (the left
one) is six months in the hospital;"
then she hit him a blow that sent him
through the window. He alighted on
the roof of a shed-room, and rolled of
into a pig-sty in the back yard. This
disturbed the big dog, and his dander
eriz," and he fastened on to that drum
mer quick. which brought him 10 a halt,
aud the servants fastened to his relief.
He was taken to Jail a supposed in
sane tramp or Snowman, and the local
paper i'm It's next issue gave long ac-
count OF the mysterious disappearance
If Louisville drummer from the
House, who left without taking his bag
gage or paying his hotel bill. Hartford
fhVj Herald.
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FOREIGN.

some OF the German papers having char
acterized Thomas, or Thomasson. the dyna-
mite dcnd, a the peculiar product Of Ameri-
can civilization. meeting Of Americans and
Others was held at Berlin ON the 18th, 70
protest against the unjust aspersions % the
German press. Letters from prominent
politicians and professors were read, dis.
owning the reflections Of some Of the Ger
mans on the American character. One Ger
man speaker stated that he was authorized
TO repeat remark Of the Empress, that she
considered the crime committed by Thomas
did nor concern any one nation in particular.
II j. reported from Madrid that the friends
of ex-Queen Isabella are arranging for her
return TO Spain. King Alfonso opposes
the Ministry on this important matter. lie
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declares the Ministers may resign, but that
her residence 10 be in yalladolid. Madrid
l. not considered safe place for her. II Is
believed that the Spanish army will be d.
yided AT once IL the ex-Queen takes any part
I'm direction or counsel OF State affairs.
The Marquis Of Lorne and his wife,. the
Princess Alice. whoir daughter Of Ques,(
Victoria. will visit The Centennial ExhibYs
tion.
The French National Assembly was pro-
rogued on Dec. 3lst ntil the sth Of March.
The Bishop Of Gresen aud Posen, Ger
many, has been convicted ~ a violation Of
the ecclesiastical laws, and condemned 70
six months imprisonment. lie has been
arrested and sent to prison TO serve out the
term 81 the sentence.
The British steamer Dante, from Liver
pool for Bombay, Whit going down II.
Georges Channel on Dec. 81, came in coll
lison with the Grosyenor. The steamer
sunk shortly after the collision and - per-
sons were drowned.
Rumors are afoat OF negotiations between
Germany and Belgium, which are supposed
TO indicate preparations for the absorption
OF the latter by the former. IL i also said
that the German Government is quietly con-
ciliating the Catholic clergy.
A royal decree Is promulgated convoking
the Spanish Cortes on February II. The
Deputies and Senator's are 10 De elected by
universal suffrage ON this occasion only.
The elections commence on January -.
Lord Lytton has been appointed viscroy
for India. ia place OF Lord Northbrook, who
resigns on account OF ill-health.
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Musical Nomenclature.

A writer in the National Baptist, APP
prehensive lest the purveyors of music
books for ''our sung-to-death young peo-
pie, may have exhausted their ingenu-
ity in devising titles for their collections,
submits the following, which he thinks
must "commend themselves to their
judgment and TASTE For example:
Fragrant Flowers from lions Hills I;
The Musical Warbler; Lays Of the Tur-
tie Dove Thinking Bells of Judah; The
Hanging IIarps of Babylon; The Syro-
phenician Tympanum; The Jubilant
Mocking Bird; The Sounding Brass and
Thinking symboller; The Metallic Social
Hymnal; The Fiddle-de-de Songster;
The Jerusalem Bagpipes; The SLOAN
Jewsharp; The Smashing Melodist The
Melodious Ear-Opener: The Carbuncle
and Juniper Berry: The Sylvan Scream
err; The Rural Ragout; The Silver Mu-
sic Pipe; The Golden Links Of Glad
ness; The Capernaum Harmonium;
Chips from the Golden Rafter; The
Leaden Songs of Zion; Dewdrops from
Hermon; Pomegranates from the Gar
den Of Eden; Clusters from the Vine
yard Of Song; Musical Nosegay; Bios
SONS from the RoselrIsh of sharon;
Olive Leaves from the Beak of Noah's
Dove; The Chaplet of SunHowers; The
Ilollyhock Garland Bubbles from Mu-
steal Pipes; Swells from the Ocean OF
song,
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ANZ
- CO

proves. unhappily, 20 have been incorrect.
lie was removed from the asylum after his
recovery was pronounced hopeless.
The jewelry store 81 Benedict Brothers,
New York, was robbed Of S2S,O0O worth Of
jewelry on the might Of the 3ist ult.
The Centennial Year was ushcred in al
Philadelphia with the ringing OF bells, firing
OF cannon, and grand display Of fireworks
and bunting. At the precise hour Of mid
night. fac simile OF the original flag adopt
ed one hundred years ago was unfurled by
the Mayor. Watch-night services Were held
BY Messrs. Moody and sankey in The pres
cnce OF an immense audience. In New York
there WAS a grand demonstration and Trinity
Church chimes rang ont anumber OF patri-
otto airs. In nearly every Eastern city and
town the occasion was also celebrated 10 a
greater or less extent.
The new United States frigaie Trenton
WAS launched ON Jan. 1.
EN-Goy. Clifford OF Massachusetts, died
on the I'd, aged 90.
The Legislatures Of New York and Penn
sylyania met on the 18th. The messages Of
the respective Governors are devoted almost
exclusively 10 State affairs.
The Minnesota Legislature met and orga-
nized on the 4ih.
The intercollegiate regatta for 1876 is to
be held at Saratoga. The Yale crew has