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FROM BARRETE'S STORE.
The Growing Crops Promising Well
"Hard 1fmes Come Again No
MOre"-The Negroes Doing
WeII-Etc,
From an Occasional Correspondence of the Ap.


peal.l
BARRETT's STORE, TENN, August 10.
This place Is situated in the rich
and fertile valley lands lying between
Big creek, Loosshatchie and the Beaver
creeks, en- attracting perhaps a country
twelve miles square. 1t Is no doubt the
best body of laad in West Tennessee,
and is settled by well-to-do small farm
ers. Although having the fertility OF
bottom lands 1t is high and dry, well
adapted to the successful growing of
every product known in this section.
Apples, pears, peaches, grapes, etc,
grow to perfection. This season, how
ever, is failure, owing to the late frosts
in the spring. Melons are also failure,
which is uncommon, but the growing
crops can be reported in one woTd-fne.
The cotton, in which the whole world
takes so much interest, is we'll devel-
oped, full OF large bolls, multiplicity
of ''squares,h and blooming to an ex-
tent seldom witnessed. There is pc
culiarity Of the cotton plaot perhaps not
universally known, which is that its
blooms open in the morning after the
dew ceases to fall, white, closes up again
in the evening OF the same day, before
dew begins 10 fall, and never opens
again, pat remains one more day
on the new boil, pink in color,
after which it falls off. Should there be
a shower of rain on it while the bloom
is white and open it forms q kind of
paste Of the pollen of the flower, gluing
it to the new boil so that the boil is lost,
falliDg'of with the bloom. The late
continuous light rains caused loss of
much Of the promised fruit thereby,
which is, perhaps, well, as the stalks
would not have been able to have sup
ported the crop. AS mentioned above,
the number OF white blooms daily are
unusually numerous, aud the exceeding
fine weather since the rains ceased will
insure 8 good August crop, OF which
every farmer is satisfied. In opropos,
we think, Notwithstanding the prospects
of large crop, that prices will not run
down to the prices some predict. Trade
has been very dull for two years, and
every one has bought very spaIingly.
Now with judicious legislation on the
money question, better timss are ex-
pected, when q better demand will in.
sure better prices. The c)rn is made and
Is full crop, bounteous and cheap, per-
haps one dollar per barrel. With such
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WORDS OF PArRIORISM

We believe South Cardinals redemp-
ton is coming. The honest tax-paying
people have tried all sorts of expedients.
They have bartered and traded; made
alliances with the Radicals, fused with
every political organization. Each de.
vice resulted In ignominious defeat. AS
q last resort the people have fed to the
Democracy as the last refuge for safety.
As hiss already been announced in the
APPEAL, General Wade Hampton was
nominated for governor of South Caro-.
Hns by the Democratic State eonven-
ton. This nomination has produced a
blaze OF excitement. The people are
aroused and are desperately in earnest.
Fearless and intrepid-plsclng that con.
fidence and faith in the justice of their
CAUSE which David reposed In his God
when he went forth to slay the giant
Philistine, they are girding for the fight.
From every section Of the stricken COM
monwealth comes the din of active or
gsnizatiOn and vigorous preparation to
prevent the continued peIpetustIon
of the most strocious political
crimes, and the longer rule
Of the most corrupt knaves
of modern times. The tax-paying peo-
pie feel that everything IS at stake, and
that they must triumph or ali is los.
Hence it is the instinct of preservation
that makes them bold in facing the i'm
pending danger with determined cour.
age. The folly Of timid council has bsen
discovered. and the people are organizing
ss they did in Mississippi, with the cour-
age CT men who see no hope of safety
but in brave defeDFe Of their liberties
through the organization Of the Demo-
cratic party. Supplied by repeated de.
feat, Apathy, the twin-brother of De-
spsir, seems to have chained the people
down, bounds them hand and foot and
tongue, and they have initiated the ad-
mirsbIe defensive policy OF sheep, who,
when the wolf invades their fold, lie
dowl and permit the enemy to do their
worst. But. the people have arose in
their IL ajesty in defense Of their mighty
interest. They are sounding the note of
battle, preparing for the charge. We do
not know that General Wade Hampton
will be elected governor, but he will GER
tainly make greater inroads upon the
Radical majority than has ever been
achieved by fusion and pusillanimous
policy which inspired the pity Of the
enemy and the cOntemp. OF courageous
men. General Hampton certainly de.
serves success. In the convention thst
nominated him he uttered these words:
NOW. gentlemen, do not wish you in
the slightest degree to jsopsrdize the |
general Democratic party. 1 would
gladly decline the nomination; speak
to you with perfect honesty. 1 would
much prefer to do 30. Besides the In.
nnence which this nomination may ex.
ert on the general prosperity Of our |
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-4GAfR#9- APPEAL
TUESDAY, ,..A AUGUST %, 1876.
THE APPEAL AND DORSEY B.
THOMAS.

We thank our contemporary OF the Co
lumtia Herald and Mail for the fol-
lowing compliment: "The Memphis
WEEKLY APPEAL OF July 19.h contains
aud able and elaborate review of Dorsey
B Thomas's speech at Brownsville.
These articles should be republished ss
q csmgaign document il Mr.. Thomas re
mains candidate. They are the most
exhaustive discussions OF the sub ect we
have seen anywhere, and, in the name
OF the Democracy, we thank the APPEAL
for them" The APPEAL will do its
part to defeat the Radicals, one and all,
and to elect Democrats nominated by
the party. The tsi k is one Of stupen-
dous difficulty, hut it is not impossible
OF achievement. BY unity, by system
attic work, the Democracy can win at
the polls in November. The numerous
orders that reach US from all parts Of
the surrounding country for the APPEAL
show how earnest and widespread is
the interest felt among all classes Of tt e
people In the issues which will be de-
termined by the present election. 1t
Is not cur habit to speak Of
the evidences, either OF approval or dis
approval of our course in public matters.
1t may, however, crafty the friends Of
Democracy and coed government and
reform to know that at no period in the
history OF the APPEAL has 1t ELECTED
more hearty commendation from the
public than st present. We have the
best POI sible evidences that the course
Of tbs paper is thoroughly in unison
with the honest and intelligent senti-
ment OF the Democratic party, the men
who make Memphis their trading mart
and who patronizs our merchants. The
APPEAL will continue to devote itself to
the exposition and advocacy of the great
principles Of honest administration and
ref1rm in the Federal government, prin-
ciples which our business men demand,
and which the country people upon
whom they rely for support are still
more anxious to secure, as is evidenced
by.a cordial Endorsement of q paper in
sympathy with their views.
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marty. there are men in the State in
whoee eyes possess q disqualification,
4 which I cannot divest myself, and
would not II / could; 1t is what they are
pleased to call my war record Ihat
record Is the record CT sixty thousand
Conf derate soldiers OF South Carolina,
and II am to forfeit that, and say L am
ashamed OF that, ashamed to have been
one OF them; all the offices in South
Carolina, ell the Offices in America or IN
the world, might perish before would
accept Them" This eloquent out
burst was followed by a storm
Of applause which made the
building tremble. Here Ia
man proclaiming his undying devotion
to the cause for which he fought, DIN
Antly tells his ccuntrymen that he Is
not ashamed of his course, and that he
would not renounce his principles for all
the offices the world could bestoW.
These sentiments were vociferously ap'
plauded, and the speaker retired amidst
a tempest of enthusiasm. But here IL
Tennessee a shameful effort ia made to
mark as unclean, to brand with igno
miny and disgrace, q man because ne
was prominent in the cause for which
General Hampton fought and hes no
shame in confessing it. Ii we DID not
know that Tennessee was still the home
of thousands of the most heroic and no.
BILE men of modern times, the war upon
an honored citizen Of our State because
he lie guilty of the same crime that Gen.
eral n t1ie south-we would weep at the
thought that the spirit which made
Tennessee honCrsd during the late
war now sleeps in the graves 81
our dead heroes. The southern peo-
pie rave heretofore looked upon
such aIoststes as Longstreet and Mosby
with scorn, but If the tue and unfalter-
ing men who steadfastly stood by the
south In her troubles are to be ostracised
on accCu at of their prominence and f.
deity, then will perfdy command q
premium; and it will not be long bsfore
the graves OF the Confederate dead will
be defiled by the political jackals in
search Of office.
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DALEIGH HIGH SCHOOL, Male and Fe
n male, Raleigh, shelby county, Tennessee
Next session will begin september 4. 1876. Tu-
ition from So to So per month Of four weeks
board, washing, fuel and lights, SIS. The IN
designed can accommodate q limited mum
Der of boarders. For circulars apply at
Cleayes's Bookstore, or address the under
signed. ID. LAUGHLIN. An. PRINCIPAL.
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You can save money by having DIR.
J. 81. M'Lesn's Strengthening Cordial
and Blood Purifier always on hand, TO
be taken for the relief of stomach ache,
any irritation Of the bowels or liver, and
to purify your blood. Dr.J.H.M'Lean's
office, 3l4 Chestnut street, st. Louis, Me.
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HICKORY WITHE
Male and Female ACADEMY

THE next term will begin Monday. a
Il gOsI 2, 1876, and continue twenty weeh
This school is located IN Fayette county. ~
neSsee, six miles from Withe Depot, Mem pt
and Louisville Railroad. The religious prf
tleges and social advant ages are of a superil
character, which, with the heaIthfulutss
the place, render the location emtnsntly 81
vorab t. educational purposes. For circ
lar, containing full particulars, address
JOHN A. CAMERON, Principal,
jylsW HtckoTT Withe, Tenn
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GEO. B MOTIONS
ENGLISH & CLASSICAL SCHOOL
8OX9.

WILL REOPEN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
w 18th, In the building occupied last ssC-
sion, No. 379 Beale street, corner Orleans. For
ciTcul ars address me, through the pOstOfice,
or call at A. f. bod & Co.'s Bookstore, on
Main street, qulb
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HOLUMBIA ~ MALE rs HUFF.
u MAURY COUNTY Tenn
A Fun CORPS Of Experienced Teasas,

TUE FORTv-FIRST YEAR WILL BEGI
i Sept. 4, 1876. The entire charge for Boa
and Tuition in all the studies Of thOrouf
English course, is S275 a scholastic year, wi
no extras. For circulars, giving ful. p4rtic
lars, address REV. GEO. BECKETT,
aul2 daW Columbia, Tenn
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virginia Female Institute,

SGnuntOns NAESAI81-
Rev. X. II. PHILLIPS, AN, Rector, assist
by a large corps Of experienced ONCE
Thirty second annual session viii common
September 8. Patronage repre- nts ninstet
States. Buildings spacious. Grounds exte
sive. Terms moderate. Churches or sew,
denominations within three minutes wa
For catalogue, address the Rector, or
IulS tu-su fT-w HON. X. W. SHEFFEY
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hrs. CUTHBBRT,s SEMINARY

DEOPEES MONDAY, SEPT. IlTH. 70
II Young Ladies and Children BOardin|
and day school. Full corps of efficient an
experienced teachers. Superior building, al
paratus, etc. Special attention given 70 mt
sic. Corner 18th and Pine SITS, st. Louis. FC
catalogue address
MRS. EUGENIA CTTHRERT. PrIncInaI.
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VIRGINIA MILITARY ms PITIT

A LIMITED number Of vacancies will ex
"a in this well-known Institution. Tho
wishing appointments as CADETS will adore
without delay, General FRANCIS Il. SMIT
Sup't Lexington, Virginia iyl5 ddW
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PATA esCO FEMALE INSrITUTR.

Near Baltimore, Nd or Line OF RnItf
more anu ohio REtIrosd.
THIS institution has been in operation fo
4 forty years, and N aintains q national repu
tation. Its location is prominently health
full, is central, and is easily reached by IA,
from the South, East or West. Terms De
scholastic year, for board and full course c
Latin and English, $500. For circulars, addres
Mrs. r. 81. ARCHER. EllirOtt CITY. z o.. Nj
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STAMPED CHECKS.
MEDICAL.
PRESCRIPTION FREE

EOR the speedy cure of Seminal Weakness
Il Lost Manhood, and all disorders brough
on by indiscretion CT excess. ANY druggis
has the ingredients. Address. DAVID On
CO.. Box 2296, New York. ocso-deod
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COTTON GINS.
GINS, GINS, GINS

~ W. PAYNES RENOWNED ECLIPSE
We GIN AND HULLER, well known and
needs no recommendation, is now made and
sold by B. W. Hickman. Planters wanting
them must give their orders ut once 10 get
them for the coming season, Sin repairing
and filing promptly done.
B. W. HICKMAN,
tvlf $3.50 Main Street Nom rIhis
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Liver aO0QIRfn1, DrOpsy, TeEtsF, Tu-
mOFs and salt 8heum, Worms, sSOuf,
euI aIst =, as Dinner Pill, and Purifying
the Blood, are the most cOngenial purgettve
yet perfected. Their effects abundantiy show
how much they excel all Other Pills. They
are SAFE and pleasant TO take, put powerful 10
blood; they stimulate the sluggish or disor-
dered organ into action; and they impart
cure not only the every day complaints OF
every body, but formidable and dangerous dis
eases. Most skilful physicians, most emf nent
clergymen, and our best citizens send certih-
Gates of cures performed and Of great benefits
they have derived from these Pills. They are
the safest and best physic for children, because
mild as well as efectual. Being sugar coated,
they are easy to take; and being purely vege-
table, they are entirely harmless.
PREPARED BY
DE-. J. G. AVER q CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers In Medicine
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AR M OUR INSTITUTE
A Select ehO9l for Young Ladies'
AM Child En-,
20. a7I MADISON STREET

NEAR the city railIO9d, Beaie street lin
N Fall session opens MOrd day, Septen Ger
1875. The number OF pupils Unite. for cf
culars apply al the In-titutue, aud at Ne s,,l
Young, and DOdd's BOOKSTORES.
MkS. EMILY B. AkMHC R, PIIrcinsI.
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LIVERY STABLE.
new LIVERY STABLE.

TOHN DUNN & Co. formerly with @. h.
81 Bracket & Co, have opened flrst-class
Livery and Boarding Stable, at
NO. AZ ADAMS STREET.
John is an experienced horseman, and will
take the be ST care of stock at the lowest prices.
Boarding horses a speciality. Ample room for
rockaways and buggies on second floor.
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1HRIsTIAN BROTHERb' COLLEGI

COLLEGIATE, Commercial, Scientific an
~ Preparatory Departments. For bOart
tuition, etc, apply to
BRO. MAURELIAN, President.
~ Session begins Monday. Sentarn her ~
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EDUCATIONAL.
Educate Your Daughters
Nashville, 4 ennessee.

DARENTS HAVING DAUGHTERS 20
send OF the first of September next, will
not find a school of higher scholastic advan-
tages or mCre careful family training than
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PSI forgot to mention the many
exciting fox and dear chsses which have
added 80 much to the pleasure of the
gentlemen here. And 1 am told that
the fox-hunters are going to have grand
field.day next Thursday aud Friday.
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E6geWOrth School.

MO. SO FRANKLIN ST, BALTIMORE. MD.
IN English and French Boarding and Day
School for Young Ladies, Mrs. ID. p. LEI r. b
VRE, Principal. The next scholastic year be-
gins Thursday, September 2lst.. For circU ars
apply TO the Principal. aulj
st. GEORGES HALL, FOR BOYS, AT ST.
y Georges Station, Western Md.R. t., twelve
miles from Baltimore. opens September Is
1876. students prepared for any college o.
business life. Accommodation and advan.
tages unsurpassed. Address Prof. JAMES G
R1NEAR, IN, Principal, RelsterstOWn, Bal.
timOT6 county, Md. aul5
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CHEGARAY TW TTTuF1

(REOPES5 WEDNESDAY SEPT. 10TH
FOR YOUNG LADIES AND MISSES,
Boarding and Day school; Latin, English a.
French. French is the language OF Or . farrfi
1927 and 1922 Epruee s. Phisasa5. -
cod MADAME D'HERNILLY, Principal
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STATE FEMALE COLLEGE
MEMPHIS, TENN.

DARTIES desiring to plac daughters ant
i wards in a school Of tn very best grade
should send for q circuIa
MRS. HARRIET N. COLLINS ....PREsIDEN'
JOHN 8. COLLINS SECRETAR
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DIR. WARTS SEMINARY,

In the healthy and beautiful city Of
Nashville.
Testimonials from pstrOns-many OF them
eminent men in almost every Southern and
several Northern Htates-can be given. nut
eleven years or success is the best testimonial.
Next session opens September 4Jh. For Gaia
Iegue, address
eulS cod W DIR. v. E. WARD.
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From an Occasional Correspondent OF the
Appeal
BOLIVAR, August 1S.-Perhaps a few
words regarding the political, CONNER
cial and moral status Of affairs in cid
Hardeman will be Of interest to the read.
ers of the APPEAL. Your correspondent
has enjoyed the hospitality Of this
thriving little inland city several days,
and has interviewed the most promi'
nent citizens here concerning the out.
look, and is prepared to make q good
report,
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MISCELLAMEOUS.
AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS
For all the purp ,ses Of a Family Physic,

Costiveness, Dysper-
Eia, IeunGtce, KndJ-
KessiOg, DysenteFy,
Foul Stomach and
Breath, Headache,
ErysipeIas, Piles.
Rheumafssns, Erup-
stoua and shin nfa-
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NICILIAN COLLEGE,
u Hardin county, Kentucky.
Board, etc , per 20 weeks, only 500
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-14

said, ''1'll show you,'', and revealed
the engraving. Landseer looked at it
steadily for quarter of an hour, and
then said: ''Why, it's better than my
Plcture-all except that rabbit and
then proceeded to point out with &C.
curacy the defects of the rabbit, which
Graves promised to rectify, and then
left, the artist, however, insisting on
going to the depot with him. That
visit was the turning point in Land
seer's insanity. From: the time he
saw that engraving, which, was upon
our wall at the Union Club, he showed
little by little his returning sanity.
Mr.. Graves is a fine.looking, hale gen.
tleman of seventy, who succeeded
Barde!l as an engraver, and has en-
graved more Shakespearian illustra-
lions than any other man that ever
lived. He has made about 1000 sue
cesstul plates of such subjects in his
life.
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Making the Home Base.

4ss#lAt: 1OllON1uS Is Sttlu I'd De one OF
Dom Pedro's letters home, Intercepted
Iby the Cincinnati Saturday Night:
sPH1LADE1.pH1A. May 8, '76.-I must
write you Of the peculiar treatment Of
idiots in the United States. In Brazil,
as you know, we contine that unfortu-
nate class in asylums and submit them
to such humane treatment as will nit
igate their calamity if it does not i'm
prove their mental condition, but in
this country asylums have been abol-
lshed and idiots are treated to an exer-
else called s'base ball. All do not
play at once, of course. A great body
of them go into some open lot, and
':nine''are selected to play against an
other so-called ''nine, while the re-.
manning idiots sit and stand around,
*uttering incoherent gibberish mean
while. and indulging in idiotic yells at
frequent intervals. went out to what
they call the ''base-ball grounds the
other day, and found at least 10000
people congregated there. They were
OF all ages, sizes, sexes and conditions,
and all more or less demented. From
my observations that day I cannot say
that I was favorably impressed with
baseball treatment for the feeble
minded. L think the old fashioned as
YUM, with it's attending discipline, is
better for them. [ would like to de-
scribe ':base-ball'' if could, but it is
so foolish performance that it is diff
ticult for a sensible man to convey an
Ineligible idea of it to readers in the
full possession of their intellects.
Suffice it to say that it consists MAIN
ly in one man t1inging ball at anoth-
er, who makes a wild and ofttimes
fruitleSs effort to hit it with a club.
The former is called a ''pitcher.'' He
takes the ball in his hand, scrutinizes
it carefully to make sure that it isn't
a Goldfish ball, then chances up at the
clouds to see if it is likely to rain,
then casts his eye around at the in
firm intellects who are watching him
so intensely from the benches, looks
intently at the ground, as if selecting
some good depot to sit down, then
wheeling suddenly on his heel he spins
the ball with a swift, jerking motion
toward the man with the bat. You can
not imagine the frantic yells that
crowd of impaired mental constitu-
tions sends up if the batter hits it
and sends it spinning a long distance,
particularly if it isn't captured by the
nimble idiots who run after it before
he can get round given circle. was
curious to know whether or not this
exercise was pecuniarlly profitable to
those who participated in it, and 1
asked the aforementioned baseball
reporter, ''Do these unfortunate crea-
lures who play baseball ever make
anything p and he replied, ''Oh yes,
they make their home~base.' Poor
fell0ws,$&I should think they would
make home base enough, but of course
they cant help it. They were born so,
for the most part, though I am told
that baseball idiocy is contagious and
on the increase. J.