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NoTTOW

THE copartnership heretofore existing be-
tween Frank a. Newell and n. P. John
ston, at No. Al Monr e street, Memphis straw
Works" is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent, Frank a. Newell assuming all liabilities
TO this date, April TO- 1876.
FRANK A. n JEWELL, A Monroe ST.
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copper with which nature has made rich
those barren spots whose rocky crags would
forbid cultivation, The two great mineral
staples we possess abundanty.
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DR.. DRAUsE, E celebrated physician
81 Berlin, is dead.
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LAW REPORTS

Chancery Court Morgan, Judge.
Call OF calendar continued to-day
Courts meets at nine every morning.
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Kubourne sued out q writ OF haJeas
corpus yesterday, upon which the house
will take order to-day.
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DIED.

MORF0RD April llth, CLAUDE r. NOR
FORD, eldest son of D. B. and n. NJ. Morford,
aced & wears. months and q daYs.
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Attention. Knights Templar.

AJJbHCIUD, hHISHIS I6IIIpIdIs
NTOU are hereby ordered TO attend a
special conclave Of Cyrene Com-KH
mandery, No. K. of T., this (WEDNES. w
DAY. evening, at o clock, al Asylum, for the
purpose of cOnferring the Orders OF the Red
Gross. Visiting and resident fraters couIte-
ously invited. "
By order. ED WOR5HAM, E. e.
T. ]. BARCHUs, Recorder.
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TENNESSEE.
A Plan for Her Relief from the Oppres-
sion Of Her Public Debt and Heavy
Taxes-A New Idea for the
People.
Small Deposits upon State Certificates
Bearing Two Per Cent. Interest
May Realize a Saving Of
$500, 900.
A Suggestion Worthy the Serious Con-
sIderatiOn Of All Classes, by which
Obligations May be Met and
the State Credit be
Saved.
A Thorough Review Of the Resources Of


A Thorough Review Of the Resources Of
the State-What She Can and
What She Cannot DO-COm.
parisOn with MassachU-
sets.
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OLIVER. FINNTE & GO.
AGTNT9
STRAWBERRY PLANTS

FOR SALE BY
.. II. Barbour 90 90.
TrIgR Avenue. Memphis.
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Concluded on Second Page,l
, 1876-01-09

Tho promptness. skill, and efficiency Of the
fremen in extinguishing the fire in the Gard
ner House on Friday, after it had obtained
very dangerous headway, and although it WIS
located in an almost inaccessible part of the
house, are worthy of special recognition.
They show that the Department is well off,
ccred and disciplined, aad competent to do
its work in the most effective nanuer. We
commend the incident to the New York pa
pers which have been c7iticising Chicago so
severely. We commend it to the insurance
companies We would like to as!t the New
York papers how it would have evcntuated
had this fire broken ont in one Of their hotels,
which their own Board Of Underwriters have
officially pronounced to be fire-haus There
is probably not Fire Department in the
country that could hive handled thss FIRE with
more skill than ourmen displayed. We doubt
whether there is another TINT could have
saved tho hotel
, 1876-01-09

do short ribs, and 1otc for do short clears.
Highwines were inactive and nou1inall7
easier, at s1.osA@1-o9 per gallon. Flcur
was dull Wheat WAS active and &c higher,
closing at 9ctc for cash and 9Gac for 1ebru-
ary. Corn was more active md fc higher,
closing at 43;c for January and 43c for Feb
rnary. Oats were quiet and unchanged,
closing at soc cash aud cole for February.
Rje was quiet, at 66c. Barley was quiet and
firm, closing at 79so for January and tic for
February. The hog market was active and
steady at Fridays quotations, packing hogs
selling at SC.so@7.so. Cattle were quiet and
unchanged, ct $3.co@5.5o for common to
choice. Sheep were in demand, at sB.75@
5.25 Per 100 lbs. One hundred dollars in
gold would buy S113.124 in greenhacks at
the close
, 1876-01-09

went to see and question him. He Lied with
the steady, unwayering eye that, ever since
the days of GEORGE WASHINGTON, everybody
has believed TO be the unfailing test of truth
telling. Serious defects there were in his
tale, like his "reminiscences OF school, which
CHARLIE Ross never attended, that made the
Philadelphia police and llr. Ross incredu1ous
from the first of his identity with the long
lost little CHAnl1E- In an older person such
deception would excite indignation FORTS cruel
ty, but in SO premature TIcHBoRSE it calls
forth feelings Of mingled annzement and
horror. Where will the bog end? He has
been taken bact to his parents at Milford,
n. H., and received into the family, under
promise of safe conduct from the 1etribu-
tory maternal slipper. Perhaps there's the
secret of his depravity. A child so thorough
ly spoiled at 10 suggests an unwiso economy
Of the rod From the way this boy has ma
tured, he bids fair to repent the fats of the
fast young man in the ballad who died Of
old age at II.
, 1876-01-09

abandon the comparative drudgery and
peaceful contentment OF parental homes,
and crowd to the city, where wealth is to be
easily obtained. Instead OF seeking hon.
est labor, they become adventurers (ending
in the robbery of employers), defaulting
clerks. and bedizened, jeweled, aud feathered
instigators of others to crime. The crimes
Of the day are betrayal of trusts, embezzle~
ment, fraud. forgery, perjury, icentiousness.
and all other crimes by which men and
women can get money with which to live e1-
pensiyely aud lu1uriously without labor
and without industry. Confidence in the
personal fidelity Of mon is well-nigh de-
stroyed The register of embezzlemeuts and
perjuries, OF forgeries and betrayals, to get
money rcithout toork, is daily enlarged by
fresh names. It is the national crime, and is
undermining society, because it cor1upts and
destroys every moral obligation which holds
society together.
Has the press done its duty in the face Of
this growth of immortality Has the Church
done its duty? Has wealth had no couupting
influence on these orgsEs Of public morality
Has the press subordinated public good to
partisan success2 Has, the Church enoour-
aged sentimentalty IN favor Of wealthy
criminals? Has crime boen made poetica1
instead of public horror? If so,
lot those who have contributed to that end
bear the responsibility for the wreck Of na-
ionn1 morality
, 1876-01-09

aud extended system OF Sewerage "n1e31 a.
fords good and sufficient drainage to nineteen
twenticths Of the houses in this city, end &c
G largo area of territory now unoccup'ed. Az
the streets which we're below grade have been
raised, and the city is now extended to the
| high land, which requires no grading. Street
| improvements have been pushed extern
s1yeIy, and now, when such work la
| needed, property-owners find it cheaper
to have the work done without the inteTren-
ton of the city. The city has thus been lifted,
| and is now on level sufficient to furnish
ample drainage. The foul river has been
measurably purified by the canal improve
ment, and this year the Fullerton avenue
conduit will furnish the means Of clearing
the North Branch. Practically, this great
sanitary work, costing nearly 81, 600, 600 in
all, is now complete. We have increased the
number Of bridges, and substituted iron for
the old wooden structures, and have com
pleted the two tunnels under the river. The
water establishment has been enlarged and
extended. Wehave now two tunnels under the
lake, and one extended under the city to the
far southwest During the present year the
new pn1nping-works will be completed and in
operation In the meantime, our water-de-
livery has been largely extended Three-foot
pipes have been laid down encircling the city,
furnishing an ine1haustible supply to all the
other pipes. We have now within few
hundred feet as many milea Of pipe laid
Us has New York; no more than an ordinary
expenditure for this purpose will be required
annually hereafter, and this, IS well as the
whole wator-uebt, will be taken care OF by
the revenues Of that department.
Our Fire Department, with the increased
protection Of an ample supply Of water, is
now as large as will be needed for many
years and, with tie improvement in the
discipline and character of the police, no
additions to that force will be demanded.
We have an excellent Building law, an eff
cient Fire Department., and an ample supply
Of water, all affording such protection against
fire that the rates Of insurance have been,
and can be still further, reduced. The cost |
Of building the City-Hall can be covered By |
the sale Of unproductive property OF the city, |
and therefore will require no taxation for !
that purpose.
We have large amount OF unpaid taxes
which the next Legislature will unquestion-
ably provide the legal mems Of collecting,
and with the proceeds the floating debt can
be discharged The expenditures for public
hereafter eau be confined to
The ordinary extensions required to keep pace
with the growth Of the city. Many Of the
tens in the SIS, 600, ,0o0 ta1levy Of 1875 were
[or extraordinary purposes, to finish up the
work of rebuilding made necessary By the
ire. Hereafter these can be dispensed with.
md the new Common Council, it composed
If the right kind of men, can readily reduce
he ta1-.eyy Of 1876 b3 ut least 81 100000.
, 1876-01-09

As the Board of Trade holds its annual
meeting tomorrow, and thus begins new
year, it cannot do better than to make some
coed resolutions, and among t,lcsa to recos-
n;ze the fact thai it is public institution de-
pending upon public patronage and public
orders to buy aud sell fo1 the revenue urcn
which it lives. It should be rs public cad as
open Us the courts. Its records Of daily re-
ce;pts aud shipments should be free to the
press and the public, for whose use they IRE
kept, and it is the duty Of the Board to direct
such disposition of its records. It should
also abolish the present Star-Clamber system
Of proceedings precticed By the Committees
Of Arbitration. They Investigate cases Of
public interest, and the Board of Trade, the
press, aad the public hsve right to know
the nature Of the cases brought before them,
the details Of the evidence, and the manner in
which they arrive nj their decisions The
Board of Trade. while it is corporation Of
individual members, is in 20 sense close
corporation. Il is dependent upon the pub
lie for its revenue and its existence, not upon
these individual members, and is just as
much public institution as banks railroads,
and courts. The best resolution the Board
Of Trade can make, therefore, in commencing
its new year is to break up its Star Chamber
and give the public all proper access to its
records and proceedings
, 1876-01-09

Portraits Of TnoxAs, or THouAssrs, tbs dyna-
mite devil giya hin the appearance Of having
been : hesvlly-bu:lt, lGrss-featnrel mar,
with too much chin ana lowe: caaek r his fort
heal I: is strange that rhe German papers q
their metaphysical discussions Of the deadly il.
duence OF American customs upon this fend
have overlooked the paseus effect OF ouf
method OF celebrating Fourth July. THox
AssKH had been used to stl manner OF EXPLOSIVES
from an early age At least once year, and f.
log OF toy cannons. or how!iu5 wish delight it
fzzirg rockets, evidently prepared him for ha
plot He decided to celebrate Fou1tL-of-juy
On the ocean by proxy, a7i 90 prepared the hoa
that H1s to blow the Mosei to bits,
, 1876-01-09

decision which will be of considerable
interest to members Of the Board OF Trade
was rendered yesterday morning by Judge
WOODS, aod is published i'll full in another
column. Itaprcars that B. F. ALLEN, President
Of the Cook County National Bank, undertook
III September, 1874, to run q heavy spec
ulation in corn, using member Of tho Board
Of Trade rs his representative. Certificates of
deposi, or margin certificates had been issued
to the amount of nearly $10o, 900, with no
money in bank to meet them. Not be-
ing paid suit was brought, and the
bank attempted 10 dodge its responsibility By
pleading that the act of the Cashier in iss11-
ing such certificates at the request Of the
President WAS beyond the powers granted to
National Bank, and Illegal The Judge,
however, held that the bank was attempting
fraud on innocent parties, bat that it could
not take advantage of its own wrong, and
rendered judgment for the plaintiff.
, 1876-01-09
FUTURE CITY TAXES.

We think that, if the people of this city ara
true to themselves and to their own interest,
they can at the April election elect Common
Council composed of men who, without at MI
crippling the legitimate expenditures Of the
city, can reduce the annunl taxes one million
OF dollars. During the continuance of the
depressed condition of business throughout
the country, such reduction ia not only nee
essry as relief to taxpayers, but is of
itself measure of wise policy.
This reduction will be easy, because in
many respects the great public improvements
necessary to public health and comfort have
been completed In 1860, the City Of Chica-
60 was aroused to knowledge that it had
passed beyond the village existence, and that
With population Of 10Y, 900. steadi1y increas-
ing. it was necessary to prepare for largo
metropolis. The city vas built upon ground
hardly above the level OF the lake and ad
mitting Of no ba. ements. The streets had
therefore to be raised up to admit Of
sewerage and to afford dry Easements to
buildings, aud these raised streets Ind
to be severed and paved, and new water
pipes laid to take the place Of the pipe
stems which had been put down before. Our
system of sewerage was Incomplete, our
water-supply insufficient and exposed to
many dangers, and frequently subjected TO
the poisonous mixtures of the river. The
Chicago Rver itself had become horrible
ditch, threatening the health of the whole
people. We had bn: few bsid ges, and the7
were wooden, and we had no tunnels The
BrideweA was q reproach to civilization.
From 1860 10 the closa Of 1870, We
in addition to ali the mdney
raised by ta1ation, nearly S12, ,00o, 900, which
IS now represented by our bonded debt.
in putting the city in condition to be habit
able BY ths ras: population which xas rush.
Ing here. Chicago Las NOW magnificent
, 1876-01-09

The appearance Of Hooley's Theatre on
| each evening of last week was OF character
to shake ones belief in the stringency of the
times and the lugubrious bowling Of the
! croakers. Every evening the theatre has
| been filed, and on four or five occasions
| densely crowded, to the disappointment of a
considerable number Of people, who, not
having risen with the lark, were unable to
obtain seats. It shows one Of two things
either that money is plenter among the
people than has been supposed, OF that, if
the times are financially stringent, the
people arc nevertheless determined to be
entertained aad to drive away dull
care With amusement, The display of dress
and Of jewclry on the principal nights has
been as pronounced, and the livery bills have
been os large, as in the flush times Of opera
before the fire. We say "principal ni6hts,
for the general publcstill clings to the insane
idea that it must not go to the opera On an
"of" night, although the works may be
just as interesting and the performances Just
as excellent. In the present instance, Hiss
KELLOGG is the reigning star, and attracts
what we conventionally term the fashionable
and brilliant audiences, in other words.
the cream and the good clothes of the
community, two SEASONS ago LUCIA was
the reigning star, and KELLOGG had the of
nights, playing to audiences tha. made the
managers cash account extremely unintcr-
esting. Miss KELLOGG does not sing INV bet
tor now than she did then, but everyone
rushos now who staid at homo then,-au of
which tends to show that We worship name
more than music, and that We would rather
rush for sensation than for excellence in a
performance As matter Of fact, the rep
reservations of the s'Rose Of Castillo" with
Miss MONTAGUE, and Of ii Trovatore and
" Maritana," with Nine. VAs ZAspr. have
not been whit inferior in interest and gen.
eral excellence to the other performances
during the past wee]k-
It is cheerful to reflect, however, that the
very remarkable financial success of the week
was well deserved. The troupe is a verv
strong ono,-1nuch stronger, in fact, than it
was last seaeon. Miss kz1Looo and Nr.
HEss-for va believe they have a Joint in |
terest in the venture-hare kept their faith
with the public, aud have presented them
m equivalent for their money. 3Ir. Hess
has always borne an enviable reputation
in this regard, and Miss KELLOGG also |
IS evidently determined to repay the
courtesy and attentions Of the Amer.
can people to her by seconding Mr. Hrsa
In lis efforts to give The people enjoyable
performances. No one will begrudee Miss
her success. Whatever NAV be her
relation to the public from q purely critical
standpoint no one will deny her the credit
IT being lady who has commanded the
highest respect and esteem, and whose .epu-
alton has never had shadow upor it in her
ong connection with the profession. eud an
artist who has worked ler way up to the
lead OF our American vocalists by legitimate
Means, hard study, and CONSCIENTIOUS effort.
THIS week the troupe will devote itself to
different class Of operas,--lcaver, more
lmlcult, and more dramatic. Three Of them.
, 1876-01-09

at least, The Huguenots," "Locia ~,
Faust. and, in reality, also "Ths r.r ny
man, !" which was written fer the Italian st.s s
in the Italian style, cannot be Chased y y
English operas, although they have been :. =
grated upon English stock by PAasp, ~
BERNARD, and Miss KELLOGG in soccr..;a1
These works will put the troupe to ..,s4
test, but one to which We believe they Win !.
equal. The weeks repertoire is peculiarly; :.
teresting from the fec: not only Of T.. H.
popular character Of the operas, bnt ~
because two of them--"The Hue.enota" -
!" Faust will give Nine. YAK ZASpr 4, -
mirahle opportunity for the display a, h.,
real power, such as she has not Jet had H.
power and breadth Of style 6t her for pr.,,
opera rather than the light operas of II.
English school, and we are glad that thi. ~
cellent artist will have an opportunit, tn 4
herself full Justice.
, 1876-01-09

dispatch states that the cnotorious BLAscH-
ARD boy, who has been attempting to pass
himself OF as CuAELE1 Ross, Las arrived
home and been recognized by his mother.
There does not seem to he anything ,art;cu-
lazly bad abou. the boy. except that be is the
most consummate Gar of lis age yet heard of
in America We do not know how New
England mothers average nowadays in mat
ters Of discipline; but the old-fashioned New
England mother would hare recognized tha:
child with IA applcntion of birch. hickory,
willow, and other choice New England woods,
that would have successfully taken the lie ont
Of him.
, 1876-01-09

Advices from Germany indicate that the
reports OF misnanagement, not to say pecu-
1ation, in the administration OF the :: Military
Invalid Fund.-" which we're telegraphed to
this country some time ago, are uufounded.
The denial is not as explicit as the original
accusation, which specified number OF
worthless stocks in which much Of the money
was said to have been invested, but it is Ger
thin that the Government has great faith in
the honest administration OF the Fund, for it
has voluntarily undertaken to pny an extra
annual sum Of 100000 marks out of the
revenue from it after next January. This
makes it seem probable that there has been
no departure, in this case, from the thrift
and sagacity usually shown BY the Germans,
as individuals and as nation, in their money
mnftarE
, 1876-01-09

Germany is fast converting her silver cur
rency into oue OF gold The French coin
received in payment Of the indemnity has
been melted and re-coined, and brought into
circulation by tho shipment Of great q1anti-
ties Of the old silver abroad. mainly to India
and China, which are both silver-sinks 4
dollar, thaler, or shilling carried within :heir
borders is apt to stay there forever. The
change in Germany has been successfully car
zied through, though the original idea of an
exclusively gold currency, with no admirture
OF silver, has been abandoned The silver
must be used for small change.
, 1876-01-09

GcV1CEER'S THEATEC-N4d:eon street. between
Dearlora aEd STATE Engagement Ut George Mznold.
Henry v"
HooLEY'S THEATGE-R2naolph street, between
Clark and LssaIe. EEg4g taent OF Tho kelcgs 02era
Ttouie ~ TIE Tal;sm.u :"
NEW CHICAGO THEATRE-C1ark street. between
Randolph and Lake. Eug4geo1entof Of Calenders Gieor
GA Minst7e's
ADELPHI THEATEE-Desrbo-n street. corner
Non-o-- - The Org4n-G:;nder." Variety erfor1a,nce
WOODS MC5ECM-Moaroe Ftreet, between Dear
born and state. Att, t,raooa. ~ Ghoat in Spite Of
E:mseif " md The Adventures of Country Girl"
Evening =" Under the Gast tsat-"
ACADEMY OF MCSIC-Ha1sted As.eet, between
Madison aud Monroe. Engagement Of the Geozgia
Niustrrls-
PLYAoUTH CaCRc9-Lec:areb by Henry vincdnt
k9AuliuasR, :,
, 1876-01-09

! The Brunt OF the cond1ct in New York il tn
apparent. Judge-0 70 gods-hou he did lon
| herI
| It IL still ~ unsolvad problem whether III
Holman Hunt is to be driven from London u.
! ciety for having narrisd Lis wlfe's sister.
Abby Sage Richardson leaves New 1orf 60
| the loth inst. for lecsurlng-tour in tho VEST
She has many friends IN and about Chicago Ebo
Will welcome her.
Bonapsrtist agent in Paris carried On hs
work BY inserting pamphlets in the wraps d
persons who atteuded the theatre to which b
was attached as chief Of ths cloak-room.
The Joke about the sensation concerning tn
Attle JewesB girl In New York who uas Obliged
to attend school on Saturday ia, thas the schools
OF New 4osk do nat have any aassious on Sasu1'
day.
The London Spectator holds that all tllustrs
nons OF poems are woree than superduorA
That is why We have vigorously excluded tbs
eusraver's art from the fiuancial let:ers to I'M
TRIBUNE.
Ar. Epes Sargent has written reply to COZ
tempsuous flung At Spiritualisn made BY Prot
Tyndall in an Article in the December number ol
the Popular Science Jfonthly. The reply u pue
hsaed BY Colby i Ricn, Of Boston.
Mrs ". B Freach, \ aister-in-law Of 1r1
A1drlch aud Miss Neetie French, Of this citt'
died in saratoya Dec. 81. Sne was married 70
Gen. FRENCH. of that village. in 1868. She ~
T. lady OF rare culture and Christian endoWmeua
A's Indianapolis merchant in 1,gnsn:lg refused
70 SPEAK 1t public meeting iu Response 70 sns
sentiment. "In iianapolss as it WAS aud ID, %.
ing limited TO twenty minutes. Ho sid it ~9am
oe impossible to do the subject justies in Ias'
TINA than an hour and haIf.
Mr. Thomas Hugnes has Withdrawn from tae
pteas his "reminiscences Of the late Canon h1o2s'
ley, "titten under the tiilo Of '.The Pas'ons
Lot" It is underptood that be was requested "
Mr hinss}ey's family not to make the pubhcs-
tlou. THIS Lot, like ths other. had pillar q
aalt for wife.
Among the notable articles in the lsst voluns
OF the Encyclopedia Britannica" ara '' Beae-
mont md Fletcher" by 4. c. Swlnburns "
oloCy." by Prof. au1lav aud r. 7. 7. DTefT
B1ble, BY Prof. ". Robertson Smith "Bas-
tnoVeu, By F. Hoafrer " "BAnkrnptcy," By Ed
mund Robertson.
When the Baron Rotbschi1d UNEXPECTEDLY ~
cetTed back loan OF 81, 0Jo No coneratu1sssa
h'nsa1; and Theo the borrower returned : leT
weeks afteF"arda TO. loan Of $500, the Bszoa
eaid: mo, no; you disappointed me ouos o5
paving me that money. do not want to bs Dir
4 a2poinrod aeai.,."
Tho fashion a:tlorities in New Yors aud Bot
ton are 1t loxgerh. .3s about the Ulaser. ons
sotnos'sy ssYs she 'JIstes should never bs worn
"atooo' = <Au hat; Aid enosher thas the tall b.
, 1876-01-09

"summer in Norway and NAsos and
IALoE's primer of Political Economy
were published in this city. Here, too, sl1
e.i:ions Of book first published late in 1874
have been put forth in 1875. U7ToS's trans
Luton Of ''Memories may well enter the
list, therefore, and SO may the latest work
issued by Chicago house, Many MURDOCH
M.eor,s H Nine Madden"