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Marine Intelligence.

NEW YORK, May Observation-Disclosures
Havre.
BosToN, May l.-Arrived-Iberian, Liv-
erpool.
SAN Francisco, May 21.-Arrived- Yacht
ARIEL. New York
FARTHER POINT, May 21.-Corinthian,
from Liverpool, passed In.
LONDON. May 21.-Steamers Anglia, from
New York; Switzerland, Philadelphia, and
Parthia, Boston, arrived out
New YORK, May 21-Arrived-Steam
Russia, Liverpool; State of Virginia and
Ethiopia, Glasgow, and Kerder, from Ham
burg.
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Saturday, June go, 1878.

in front of the courthouse door. in Memphis, Ten
nessee, at eleven O'Clock m, offer at public auc-
tion and sell to the highest bidder for cash. by lot
at time, the property in said trust deed mentioned,
designated and described as follows, to.wtt: Two
certain lots of land situate and being In the county
of Shelby, State OF Tennessee, in the city of Mem
phis, DESIGNATED follows: The first of said lots is
lot number seven IA In Robertson Tops subdivi-
sion Of block No sixty five 1851 in the plan Of said
city, which subdivision is recorded In the Office OF
the Register OF Deeds Of Shelby county. in book No
twenty eight 1881, pages 528 and $685. said lot No:
seven r. is between Beale and Gayosa streets and
fronts on the east side OF Main street twenty-five
1851 feet, and runs back eastwardly, between two
parallel lines hundred and fifty feet 10 an alley
being the same lot conveyed to said Risk by James
Elder, by deed recorded in said Registers office, In
book No. 81. pages 3S0-1-2
The second q said lots is on the west side of
Avery street, between Vance and Elliott streets,
bounded as follows: Beginning at the southeast
corner OF Isaac Joness lot the west side of Avery
street; running west with said Jones's south line
one hundred feet, more or less, 10 point midway
between Avery and Causey streets; thence south
thirtyseven feet and half inch, more or le' s, on
Eron Aikins's east line; thence east one hundred
feet more or less with McNabb's north line TO the
west line of Avery street, thence north with the west
line Of Avery street thirty feet and hall an
inch to the place Of beginning The equity OF re
demption is waived and the title to said property
believed to be good and perfect but shall sell and
convey only as trustee j. II. GREGORY, Trustee.
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No More standard silver Dollars for
Greenbacks.

New YORK, May 2l.-The treasury de-
partment has discontinued the payment of
standard silver dollars for treasury notes at
the sub-treasury in this city. The object of
paying out silver for greenbacks was to get
the former into general circulation, but
nearly all of that issued in this manner from
the sub-treasury returns to 1t in payment Of
custom duties, persons concerned thereby
saving the premium on gold. For similar
reasons, the amount of silver now issued at
Baltimore for treasury notes is limited to FIVE
dollars at a single payment.
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to have the courts adjudicate any possible
clam against him. This suit has nothing
whatever to do with the present Times COM
pany, but applies to transactions alleged to
have occurred several years before the paper
went into the hands of the present manage
rnpnt
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The Pennsylvania Democratic Con-
ventiOn.
Probable Indefinite ProIonsation OF
the strike OF the British Operatives.

LONDON, May 2I.-Ihe Manchester Guar
dian concludes, from the reports of the pro-
ceedings of the operatives at all points in the
striking district, that little disposition exists
temporarily. The spinners declare that they
will accept FIVE per cent. reduction outright,
and nothing more. This attitude will pro-
long the strike indefinitely, but attempts to
secure compromise will be continued by
Alderman Pickop and others.
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CLOSING RATES

Yesterday OF cotton and gold: liverpool cot
ton, I-sd. Memphis cotton, 10 Sc. Neue
Orleans cotton, 10 S-4e. Ne,o York cotton,
II I-I6e. NeIo York gold. 100 81
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HIST PURLTSHEn.

carefully revised Treatise on Catarrh with an
description OF symptoms and sympathetic dis
eases, together with minute directions for efecting
with SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE a speedy and perma-
nent Also observations on diet and the general
health of Importance to all afflicted with catarrh
It wrapped about each bottle of the RADICAL CURE,
will be mailed free on receipt of stamp.
Each package OF SANFoRDs RADICAL CURE contains
Dr. Sanfords Improved Inhalng Tube with full drec-
ERbSs 81 s se 9y al S sas.sS
and Wholesale Druggists, Boston, ltass-
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Death OF an HOnored Citizen or
Brownsville.
Special TO the Appeal. ]

BROWNSVILLE, TENN, May 21.-Honora-
BILE James w: Clarke, prominent old citizen
of Brownsville, and former representative of
Haywood county, died at four O'Clock this af.
terpoon of heart disease.
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Masonic Notice.

DENN R. A. CHAPTER, No. 22-Will hold a
a special convocation this (WEDNES- IN
DAYl evening, May 22d. at O'Clock, for "
work In the M E. NJ. degree.
Visiting companions are fraternally invited.
BY order K. GALLOWAY, d. L.
J0HN BEAMIsH Secretary
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No ONE can long abuse health without suf-
fering generally with blood diseases. Keep
the blood pure by using DR.. Bulls blood mix
ture.
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WAR DEPT, OFFICE ca. SIG. OFPICK, 4
WASHINGTON MAY 30 am

WASHINGTON. May -, am I
For Tennessee aud the Ohio rdiiey, ris-
ing, toli0toed by falling barometer, cooler
'lOrtherly IeiHds, reering to learner easterly
or southeast, partly cloudy heather, and pos
Sibiy 10 tceSfeyH portions rain.
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Masonic Notice
KNIGHTS DE HONOR.

KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
A L the regular meeIIng Ur Unity Lodeo. No 81 n
n Knights OF Honor, this "WEDNESDAY even
Ing, May 22d, final action will be taken on res0
luton to change portion Of our bylaws. full
attendance is requested.
BY order DANIEL SCHLOSS, Dictator
A. B. HILL, Reporter.
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WASHINGTON.

Representative Potter will Probably Or
ganize his Investigating Committee
To-Day Secretary Sherman
Wants to be Present On
the Investigation by
Counsel.
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One of the Greatest Luxuries

Is pure aud fragrant toilet powder To our
lady readers we recommend J. & E Akin
son g rose, white rose and violet powder
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SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH
SANF0RD'S RADICAL CURE.

(SATARRH is disease Of the mucous membrane.
" Temperaments and constitutions its severity
q succession of colds, from sudden change of atmos
pierre wearing wet clothing, to inclement
Weather, ana becoming thoroughly cllied When the
and the strength and vital forces exhausted The dis
arise from ascrouous condition of the blood,
from Scarlet Fever, Measles, and Diphthera in which
cases the and are generally involved and dis
charge quantities OF matter The discharges from the
the distinctive feature In all catarrhal cases from
whatever they arise be thin and watery and
with which they come in contact thick and yellow
white of egg There may be entire lack of scores
ton the surfaces being dry ana the front
as lift was encrcled by tight, unyieding band This
latter phase s called Dry Catarrh The free msttery
thicEened rendering breathing Through the nose din.
cu: or impossible and tho sufferer finds 1t necessary
air to pass directly to the bronchial tubes and lungs
The matter passing down the throat creates constant
desire to hawk and expectorate to throw it of; but
passing freely down from the throat, the
becomes hard and forms into scabs incrustatons,
passages and throat require persistent efforts
aamcd red, weak, and watery OF in the morning the
creted in more or less quantity The ear also becomes
seriously affected dischargfng quantities matter be-
naiy deafness The throat. bronchial tubes lungs
ration OF nervous system is superadded such az
feCtiOns become alarming.
cfs1ryey Of this most serious disease warns al
its treatment before it becomes chronic. The advan-
tages offered by SANFoED's RADICAL CURE we CONT
Every step in Its preparation, line In the drec
tions mark it as ascicntc remedy calculated to meet
every phase fthe disease The numerous testimonials
nom the best people the United States attest the
esteem in which it Is held by those who have been
m l,fCh L iaf TODD Nraffli pfah
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TruStQQ,S Sale

DY virtue Of deed of trust executed to me by E.
ID F. Risk, and which Is recorded in the Register
office Of Shelby county, Tennessee, in book No. 1O8
page 1884, and at the request of the benehclar1es
and for the purpose of paying the debts in said deed
mi wi
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CONGRESSIONAL.

The Lower House Spends the Day and
Night Session on the Army ApprO-
priatiOn Bill, without Making
Any Roadway toward It's
Final Adoption.
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Gaia r

catarrh Of the Nasal Cavities, Acute,
Chronic, and Lucrative, Hay Fever,
or Rose Catarrh, Catarrh Of the Eye
and Ear and Catarrh Of the Throat.
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New Engines

WE have control of two bran-new Engines on
wv wheels, each capable of running two 80 saw
gins. We wish to find reliable parties In good loea
lions who can furnish Clubhouse and gn-machinery,
with whom we can arrange to run the ginning busi-
ness, on shares, during the coming season. Ad-
Dress Till August LIST, BOYD BROS,
care Messrs. j. c. johnson & Co., No. Court st.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-12-06

males. and could each wiring the neck of my
dear Badoura, Zobeide is stronger than both
of them put together, and protects her. Thus
the opposing elements are, az it were, neu-
tralized the combatants respect one anoth-
er. and am the head of united house. |
got letters from all of my four wives this
morning. each of them most characteristic
and interesting. Badoura forgot to pay the
postape-she has soul above pecuniary de-
tails-and her letter was the dearest OF all"
Don't cry, Simpson" said don't cry,
old fellow. The steamer goes on Tuesday,
and then YOU will see all your wives again.
They will welcome You with outstretched
arms-eight outstretched arms, like the octo-
pus."
| confess was affected by my friends art
less narration at that time, though, since |
have reflected upon the matter, my moral
sense has asserted itself, and is outraged. 1
state the matter as fairly as l can. have
been to picnics myself as a married man, and
made myself agreeable to the ladies'. Well,
in Persia this might have cost me my life, or
the expense of second establishment. So
far there is every excuse for Simpson. But
ON the other hand, the astounding fact re-
mains that there are four Mrs Simpsons at
Bussora. Whenever l look at his quiet,
business-like face, or hear him talking to my
| wife and the girls about Persian scenery, this
revelation of his strikes me anew with won
der. OF course l have not told Mew about
| his domestic relations it would be too great
IA shock to their respective systems yet the
possession of such a secret all to myself il
hard to bear, and / have, therefore, laid il
before the public. The whole thing resolves
itself into a rulo-of-three sum. If even q
quiet, respectable fellow like Simpson, resid
ing at Bussora, has four wives, how many
wiyes-well, don't mean exactly hdti but
how much queerer things must people dc
who are not so quiet and respectable as Simp
son. and who live still further off.-Bel9rd
| lrfy
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MonrnN MARrARE.-A curious

MODERN WARFARE curious essay has
recently been written for the purpose of
showing that the steady improvement in the
range and efficiency of warlike weapons has
been followed not as would naturally be sup
posed, by an increased number of killed and
wounded in battle, but by diminution so
complete that an inverse ratio may be said
to exist between the two, so that an addition
to the ability to kill is paradoxically, follow
ed by proportiOnately smaller number OF
killed. II is beyond dispute that the old
time hand-to-hand encounters were sanguin-
ary in the extreme, and it was no uncom-
mon thing for the warriors of those days to
fobt on until more than half of their num-
ber had fallen With the first introduction
of firearms a sensible falling off in the num-
her of killed and wounded took place, and
the contraction continued as the rifle and
then the breech-loader successfully took the
place of the smooth bore, until now the ex-
perience in the Franco-German and the Tur-
| co-Russian wars proves that only about 10
per cent. of those engaged are placed h0rS de
| cOlabat even in the seyerest encounters. The
reason given for this surprising change is one
not wholly creditable to the human race, and
| that is that soldiers nowadays have much
more tender regard for their personal safe
ty than they once had. Each side knows
| that the other possesses facilities which can
be employed with murderous effect, If a ia
vorable opportunity for their use is given,
and this conviction has a tendency to make
both officers and men very reluctant to per
nit of the slightest exposure. The modern
system of advancing upon an enemy's line IL
loose and open order, so that each man can
take advantage of the stumps, trees, and hill
locks which chance throws in his way, is al
admission that the lives of the soldiers are
not to be uselessly sacrificed which
the soldiers themselves are not slow to per
ceiye; and hence each one limits the risks t
which he puts his individual life with the ut
most care. 1t would perhaps be straining a
a conclusion to say that this double progress
will eventually land us in condition il
which wars will be practically impossible, bu
it certainly points that way, and more tnAi
this it seems to be generally admitted tina
the improvements in naval armor, guns
rams aud torpedoes have made 1t doubtful
whether we shall ever again have a hrst-clas
naval encounter Defeat does not now meal
surrender, but almost certain death TO tn
Grew of the unlucky vessel
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-12-06

John Law tried fiat money more than 100
years ago ON a very large scale, and settled
the question for all time. Law was sincerely
in earnest moreover, he was practical
business man of great ability, as well as
doctrinaire. About 100, he published an
able treatise to show that all property ought
to be used as the basis of currency 10 the
great advantage of the public. To prepare
the way for this, he argued that silver and
gold we're very huctuating in value, and that
the edict of the state WAS better calculated 10
give stability to money than the amount OF
labor put into the material of which money Is
made In this oracular nonsense lurked his
ruin. He urged Parliament to relieve the
prevailing distress by issuing paper notes and
lending them, taking land for security. Thou
sands listened to his specious eloquence, but
finding too small field at home he went 10
France. France at last responded TO him
from the depth of her poverty. She accept
ed his doctrine, that there was no standard OF
nrices or of money and that credit was every
thing. He organized "The Company of the
Indies, based upon the scheme of colonizing
| the East and West Indies and North America,
and issuing "money" on expected profits
| The nation became his patron-or rather he
| became the patron of the nation, ,controlhngits
| finances and subsidizing its King. The capital
stock was increased TO $40, 600 shares at 800
| each and agreed to lend the hlnB SoOO OOu,
900. An extraordinary era of good times
set in. Prosperity" was universal. Every
body was getting rich. Land trebled IN price.
Workmen were all employed. Wages were
high. Great was the rejoicing. Law was
considered the saviour of France. He was
made the Comptroller General and was yirtu-
ally dictator of the realm. He might have
had six Princes to row his boat upon the
Seine, as that bigoted Bishop of early Eng
land is said to have been rowed by six Kings
of the heptarchy upon the Thames. The
shares of ''The Company of the Indies rose
to forty times their nominal value. Al last
the end came suddenly. The money" fell
in value. There was $l00, 10000 out A
crash resulted Banks broke, manufactures
were bankrupt by the thousand, workmen
were thrown out of employment everywhere,
land fell below It's old notch, ''The Company
of the Indies" became bankrupt, and La"
ran away between two days to escape arresl
for a debt of 5000, 900. His paper fiat
money, biased on land, was worth nothing
He sank into obscurity and died in extreme
poverty, and his name is now held in uniVer
sal derision and contempt.
John Laws experience must not be repeat
ed in America.-N, y. Graphic
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Miscellany.



Nfv soul made answer, once, unto my quest
''From whence came thoughi2,
Aud when aueried where this thought should rest,
The answer brought.
Now, knowing whence and where, still would kno'
what part to play ....-..,.. ,.,,., ,,,,,,
Between the sunrise hush ana tuhhets Bolueh e'O"
OF lifes short day.
I've searched, with patient pain the written page
OF ancient thought,
And choked amid the dust Of every age;
But all for naught.
with myths aud strange philosophies, the past
In deeper uight
OF moral darkness glOOmsi the mlnui hBnhsti
Recoils IN fright
Youup Science, pale with watching, holds her lamp,
Distorted shadows throwing through the damp
Mieta everywhere
unearthed fnd great bones Of mastodoni
Footprints Of bird
And reptile-giahts all; ana thehi Ahohi
My soul 10 stirred
In finding mastodons Of thought; great men,
Whose minds Of might
Impress the yielding page; and have theh
GrJped towards the hght.
But tracing patiently each Turing glow,
''Ihey liyed"-"are dead'
Is all the record, aud cannot Know
The silver thread.
No search reveals single human ray
To lght the ruad
We all are blindly treadiug, day by day,
with rein or Boad.
How then to live! Oh, all important part!
EarthH voices faili
Her myths her records, science anu her Art'
Tell not the tale
The hrathen bows in reverent awe, and groans
His hopeless prayers
tn helultss shalrless piles Of stocks aud stones
Dcusiye suares!
Each sect has followers, aud each eHpounds
Al length, fOtsucth,
Some creed or dogma, stalking out tue bouhus
OF boundless truth,
81 am Of PAUL." aud ~ OF C'Phasl" Hearl
Has followers; while each, in turn, makes clear
His creed Is true.
"Beurve. confess, be spriutled be immrrset,
Pray standing, Eneeling," lest thou be Eccursod,
! "Pay 1.-THE, give aim.
| Each feeble will-g'wisp's uncertain gieam
Bat marks the gloom
] Life ia a folly, or q nightmare dream
/ The earth tomb.
But DER JudeA'r hills purer ray
Than sunlight darts;
/ Rack To their fens the shadows dee away,
The glad earth starts
Bidding her elements obey their Lord,
Ingulhug wave .,
! And wrathful wind but hear the MAs'er d "oiu
And cease to rave.
| Behold the perfec. life, the perfect man!
See, from un high
| Gods own eanlgrnce lights the course he ran
70 Calvary!
Oh, life majestic, Let my weary feet
No longer stray
! Aluug the tangled maze, but tread the sweet
Aud better way.
I need no creed, with formal dogma crowned
A God above,
The MA, Of III. through Christ his Son is found,
And God In Love.
S,o.k,on gd,ss Ii Boston TTdnscrtp'
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about twelve feet, and its greatest diameter
nearly eighteen inches.
This marvel of ingenuity was maneuvred
the other day in the presence of number OF
English, Spanish and American naval officers
and great crowd of people The inventor
Hardy, to whom the occasion was the crown
ing event Of twenty years laborious and dis
heartening experiment, sat on the wharf,
working the keys of the electrical instrument
which by means of the wire connection CON
trolled the movements of the torpedo. BY
means of this novel arrangement the invent
or was enabled to guide his queer craft
through It's little cruise of n couple of miles,
during which it took any direction, and al
most any speed which he chose TO give it,
and finally came back to its starting point
amid tumultuous applause. If Edison desires
to keep his pre-eminence as master OF cleo
trical forces, he must bestir himself after such
miraculous achievement as the one which l
have of course but very imperfectly describ-
oil RADIx.
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A courtly negro recently sent reply to an
invitation, in which he regretted that cir
cumstances repugnant to the acquiescence
would prevent his acceptance of the invite.
In Bath Abbey, England, is to be seen the
following:
Here lies Ann Mann,
She lived old maid and died an old Mann
A young man named Hunt, an assistant
master at a school near Bath, in England,
while playing football the other day, was
suddenly seized with fainting mt and died s1d IN
a few minutes. His last words We're; go
into it, boysj can't help you any longer"
An Ohio man, being informed by dentist
that one of his teeth was affected with ''nodu-
lar oalcifcation of the pulp" went home and
hung himself, having hrst written a letter to
his wife, stating that he had no desire to live,
lest he should give the disease 10 her and the
children.
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A submarine plant growing in the North
Pacific Ocean, one of the Melanosperms, aud
known TO botanists as the MaerOcists Py'1te-
ra. is said to dwarf all vegetable products
yet known by its prodigious proportions. 1t
grows sometimes to such II size as to cover
vast areas of sea-bed, one specimen having
been discovered that occupied by measure
ment three square miles, while the stem was
eight feet thick 1t is difficult to conceive of
such plant, and to understand how any adj
eauate system of nourishment can be main
tanned through so extended channels. The
Macrocistis leaves the famous Big Trees OF
California immeasureably behind, making
them seem, indeed, like small reeds. It has
On infinite variety, some specimens being so
small as to be invisible only under power
full microscope. The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of nature are more wonderful than has ever
been conjectured, as research and science are
daily teaching us. And still it is fair to pre-
sumo that we have not yet crossed the thresl'
old of the temple of discovery, within which
are hidden marvels that the most active and
exuberant Imagination is unable to conceive
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HIS REASON. "A negro minister, who mar
ried rather sooner after the death of his wife
than some of the sisters thought proper and
becoming, excused himself us follows; My
dear bredren and sisters, my grief was greater
than l could bear. l turned every way for
peace and comfort, but none came. l search
ed de Scriptures from Ginisee to Rebelation
and found plenty oh promises to the widder,
but none to the widderer. So took it dat de
Lord didn't waste sympathy ON man when
it was in his power to comfort hisself and
habin' fuss-rate chance to marry in de Lord
/ did SO, and would do again. Besides bred
rem, consider dat poor Betsey was just as
dead as she would ever be"