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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

New Orleans few nights since, near MComb city,
put without Injury to anyone. Lawlessness is the
increase In Mississippi, and must be taken hand
else osI me country will arrive at a sad tate OF
morals In few years more 1t IS gett1ngto be a
serious question, this laWlessness that we see ram
pant IN the state and should be dealt with at snce
desperate evils like desperate diseases require les
perate remedies"
Lexington AdUertiser, 18th 1.-TWO white
men were hunting escaped eonvcts In Carroll COUNT
last week. when seeing two cOlored men in the road
they ordered the negroes to halt. The colored men
became frightened. and ran, and the hunters fired
on them, killing one and badlY wounding the other
and It turned that instead OF being The conyicts
that the hunters were AFTER the dead man and the
wounded one were innocent persons. We hear that
the wounded man Is now dead
Near Starkville, few days ago, Mrs Bun
tins three year-old child toppled into the cistern
when that lady Immediately jumped In after It. For
tunately the bucket hanging in the cisterR Just
above the water, and the mother tucked the child
under one arm and swung on to the bucket with the
other, thus keeping her own and the child'S head
above water while the hands that were at work &
quarter OF mile off ran to their relief the attention
of the laberers being attracted by the ladyS screams
as she ran to the ciSIern.
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Death of ColoneI Iehn =. Hatcher.

Louisville Courier Journal: Colonel John
E. Hatcher, of the editorial staff of the
Courier Journal, died at ten o'clock last
night at his home IN Columbia, Tennessee.
The death of no man connected with the
press of Kentucky could occasion more sin
cere mourning. A brilliant, genial writer
and accomplished gentleman, he was beloved
wherever he was known. As an editorial
paragraphlst he has never been excelled He
possessed a peculiar vein of humor which
gave to his writing a favor nowhere to be
found In the ordinary editorial paragraph.
Many OF his paragraphs have been credited
to Mr.. Prentice, though there was a striking
difference in the styles OF the two writers.
Neither could be surpassed in his way. Prem
tee was the w.t. Hatcher was the humOris5.
Colonel hatcher was a native of Aibemarle
county, Virginia. HIS parents emigrated to
Tennessee while he was yet boy. He began
his career as the editor of "A newspaper about
1043 or 1o49, in Florence, Alabama, where
he conducted the american Democrat. In
1852, or thereabout, he bought the Column
bla lenn.) Mirror, paper that had been
established by General Zollicoffer. After sell
ing this journal, he accepted a position on
the Nashville Patriot. All this time his repu-
tatloa had been steadily growing, and his
sketches, paragraphs and RHYMES were
widely copied. During the war he was on
General Chatham staff. In 1867 he Joined
the staff OF the Louisville Journal, aud when
that paper was united with the Louisville
Courier he became the editor of the Louis
vile Democrat. On the union of the Demo
crGt with the Courier Journal he began to
write for this paper, and has been connected
with it ever since, though for a snort time
he wrote for Mr.. Overton's EUening Express
Several years ago he moved to Columbia,
Tennessee, and started the Mail, but contin-
ued to contribute to the Couriey-JournGI
His wife, whom he leaves childless, their one
lovely daughter having died at the thresh-
old of beautiful womanhood, was Miss
GUS merchant of Iuka, Missl ssippi. Colonel
Hatcher died from consumption, the relent-
less enemy of his family. He had been for
years awaiting calmly the supreme moment,
and his death will be no surprise to any of
his friends
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MYSTERIOUS.
An EmiGrant HOIIander Suddenly Dis
appears with EOrtY-eiGhC Thou
sand Francs after Landing
in New York.

New York World, 29.h: "Ottile Depons
and his uncle, natives of Holland, arrived as
steerage- passengers by the Scythia, Wednes-
day morning, aud, after leaving Castle Car
den, went to Wahrenberger' emigrant
clearinghouse, at No. $50 Greenwich street.
They remained IN the house all day. The
uncle wandered from the house at dusk, and
has not been heard OF since. His nephew
says that they had sold their estate IN Hol-
land, and intended to invest the proceeds in
this country, They had been very careful
not to communicate their object to any one,
and the uncle, for safe keeping, as he sup
posed, seoreted their capital, amounting TO
forty eight thousand francs, eighteen thousand
of which was the nephew's share, on his per-
son. The younger Depons fears that his
uncle has been robbed and made away with,
and has SO notified the police. The nephew
is about eighteen and the uncle Is fifty. The
eighteen thousand francs belonging to the
young man comprised his patrimony, and he
fears he would be unable to get more money
10y writing to Holland. Mr.. Wahrenberger,
the keeper of the clearinghouse, has prom
ised to allow him to stay there till he gets
work. He has brother in this city, out up
to this time has not been able to find him.
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GEORGIA.

About a week ago 4 nugget of gold weigh
ing nearly three pennyWeights, and worth two OF
three dollars, picked up on Mr.. B. Z. Barksdae's
place, in Washington county, Georgia.
I'VE hate to tell it." says the Carroll
county (Ga Times "but 1t is an actual fact that hay
is brought from Indiana and sold in this market
And yet our farmers spend all the summer in trying
to destroy grass, vigorous is It In this soil and
climate
On Thursday morning quite an incident
occurred In the capitol building at Atlanta, Georgia.
which might have resulted in very serious eonse-
quences but for the merest accident. A party OF
about ten gentlemen were In the treasurer's office,
looking at the place of the recent ARRAY The blood
stains marked the whole floor. Some one remarked
that he understood Colonel Alstons pistol was an
inferior one "Oh. no. said Mr.. RenfrOe, 81 have
the match in the next room. Will show 1t to !"
II was brought and Colonel Bacon examined It. As
he passed it Captain Burke of Atlanta, be touched
the trigger. and the weapon went off, the ball bury
ing itself in the ceiling above just below Governor
Coquitt The report startled the city, and great
crowd gathered in few moments, only TO be disap-
pointed In their expectations Of second capitol
sensation.
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ARKANsAS.

Little Rock Democrat: There is still plenty
of room in Arkansas for all steady, Industrious
pie who desire to establish homes All such can do
we'll, but we want people who will come to work-no
tramps or Ioafers."
Little Rock Gazette, 30th: 1.-The latest
species Of bravery was demonstrated by hen be-
loBging 10 Officer Tom Scott. The foul was cluck-
ing around the yard, with a newly-OrganiZed COM
pany of young chickens, when large rat attem sted
20 carry Of The hen few at the rat and killed
ii within a few seconds
A thief broke into the crib of the editor of
the Chester Recorder and stole his corn. Listen at
him howl: The wretch who would tremendously
take an editors corn, would not scrupe to rob his
own grandmother OF her spectaces, or his youngest
born of its tin whistle Is there no law In the land?
Has justice indignant fled from the sylvan woods
OF OLD Choctaw? An editor robbed Who is safe?"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

soul 1t is the honor of the State which should and
which does absorb good people everywhere, and TO
that each organ Of the popular ntterance should ad
dress Itself, not In passion, but with unyield1ng
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02
sertous RAILWAY accident.

DETROIT. March 31.-The baggage-car,
and first coach, engine and tender of the
east bound night express on the Grand
of Smiths creek Saturday night. Brakeman
Robert Wilson was killed instantly and
Thomas Cowan, fireman, severely scalded.
and died last night. Engineer Walters was
scalded, but not seriously. None of the pas
sengers were injured. The accident was
caused by the removal of a rail. H. Hines
and Michael King, section men, and recently
discharged. were arrested on suspicion being
the guilty parties.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

CINCINNATI, March 31.-Deputy United
States Marshal Cochran, Of Covington, who
has been In the mountains OF eastern Ken
tucky the past two weeks, telegraphs that he
has captured fourteen mOonshiners and de-
stroyed a number of illicit stills. He is ex-
pected to arrive here tomorrow with the
prisoners.
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valuable FIourIns-MiIIs Des,roved-

MINNEAPOLIS, March 30.-The City -four
mile, owned by the First national bank of
this city, were entirely destroyed by fire this
morning. The loss is about seventy thousand
dollars; insurance small. The fire caught
from the smoke stack of an adjoining mill.
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Had I DIT uItu an uOuT Del
l had llY'd a blessed time.

For indeed to him there is nothing serious In NOR
tally the wine of life is drawn, and only the lees
are left to him. The reparation left the violated
majesty of the law is poor in comparison either
with the deed the capacity of its author answer
It, In no public does any personal issue lin
ger on the scene; the man who did the bloody work
can not escape, and may God have mercy on his
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

Chattanooga Commercial, March Both ::
Last Sunday evening David Henritze and Thomas
Wilson vent buggJ-Edlng taking with them little
Charlie Bonbam, boy ABOUT seven years old. In
turning the corner at Fourth and Market the buggy
was overturned and the occupants thrown out, and
the little boy fatally injured He died ar Henritzes
house before medical attendance could arrive and
before his parents could q summoned
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02
The Infamous Lien SYSTEM.

Pontotoc (Mlss.) Democrat: ''SiDce the
above issued the mayor has Instructed all emf
grants from the south 10 be quarantned at the sta
tion twelve miles below the city, for thirty days
These deluded colOTed people dlspOsing of their
corn and other property at ruinOus sacrifice in
some instances and rlsng and stalking all in their
effort to reach home amid the black hills of Kan
sas. Some emgrantS have reiurned TO Monroe
county aud give most doetu account of the situa-
ton Instead OF finding a country covered with
green grass, as had been represented to Ihem they
left fifteen inches of snow on the ground In that
land of promise. The Infamous, INSCRIPTIONS
Yankee still finds ready victim in the southern
colored man. The same old tale of forty acres and
mule is once more held out to him, and once
more accepted Our belieI is that the true cause of
all this dissfection and suffering has its origin in
our infamous lien system. Ii needs the immediate
attention OF a wise and patriotic legislature"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

A lady from Sardis, Mississippi. while en-
tering the Central railway train, at Grenada on Sat
urday last suddenly pushed over against a seat
and robbed of her purse by scoundrel supposed to
be professional pekpocket, receI.tly from Vicks-
being pursued and run so close by parry of boys
that ne tried to hide In gully the bank of the
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

The Meridian Mercury has interested itself
in the case of W. B. Cayanaugh, the Charlottesville
murderer His sentence having been commuted by
Governor Stone, the Mercury now wants him par
doned from prison. The last issue of the MeTcuTsy
contained cut likeness of Cavanaugh, with a
lengthy statement made by him when under Sentence
death.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

St. Louis Globe Democrat: Yesterday
another batch of two hundred aud ff colored emil
grants, route To Kansas reached this city by river.
As RUE they are better of 10 this WOld's goods
THAI those who preceded them and they will be able
to take passage 10 Kansas CitY without financial aid
They report that thousands OF their late neighbos
preparing to follow them, and IL looks as the
exodus has only just begun. The loss OF so many
labOers at this season of the yer must work great
Injury to the cotton Interest In Mississippi ana
Louisiana, as planting time is at hand. The
southern people should take immediate steps to
reconcile their existing differences with the negroes
They can do this IL they willing TO be fair and
reasonable. They mu give the coloTed man
chance to save something from his earnings, and
they must restore his political rights The shot
gun must be laid aside for good We have no doubt
tnat If they are given fair play, the colOTed people
Will do better in the south than in Kansas or any
other western Stale. it certainly is to the ad
vantage Of the whites to keep them. But 1t cannot
~ done nv fOrPa or fraud
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The True Issue.

Louisville Courier Journal: 1--WE publish
this morning, from yesterdays COuTeT-,JOuradE, a
few incidents out of the life of Colonel Thomas Bu
ford, including detailed narrative Of the litigation
Elliott. The story comes from sources In every way
TO be depended on and Is very damaging to Colonel
BufOTd. 1t presents him a of unsteady
character and eQuVOcal anteceOentS with respect TO
his business connections and belongings, and con-
clusYely shows him to be, and always to have been.
person of the most dangerous and unruly kind.
The crime which substantially closes a career of
violence rarely found in the sphere from which
he springs is too awful. and its eXpiation IS too
certain, 10 add force to the use of epithets
the pity which mistaken commiseTation may ex-
cite In weak minds and OveT-feeng fhea-ts WI! not
suffice to save him from a fate which can only be
intensified in anguish by the prolODgatiOn of his
lite Bitter, indeed, must have been the sense of
wrong, perverted as IL waS-deep and tortEring the
disappointment and resentment, misapplied as they
were-which led him TO resolve the Staying OF any
of the judges, of all the judges of the uTt of
appeals. 1t is easy to understand how much ne
must have suffered in the CESSATION of the thought
working its poisonous way from the heart to the
brain like serpent, singing and biting each cord
and nerve as Ii passed along kissing through the
veins, and numbing every generous pulsalton and
gentle throb But the contamination: the cAuSeleSS
victim, stricken down without WarnlDg-the 1uriSt
with his spotless eEmine On-the kindly gentleman
overlooking with unsuspectlng geniality-whOse one
offense consisted in an attempt to find some Just
means of sOftening the hard lot OF his SlayeF-the
dead man there his feet that Is spectacle which
will never can never vanish from his sight or per
ish in his mind while he lives to and to think
With the guilty Macbeth he may say:
Had but died an hour before this chance
had lIv'd a blessed time"
For indeed to him there is nothing serious in NOR
tally; The wine OF life is drawn and only the lees
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Bristol Courier: Walnut Grove church.
situated four miles north of Bristol was DESTROYED
by fire on last sunday, caused by defective fue.
Rev j. P Brlscoe was holding services al the time
the fire discovered. The church had been built
but two or three years, costing between fifteen hun
%l-o-~~aEaa ha- einars sh
and windows were all saved. We hope thai some of
our benefactoTs Will assist the Walnut Grove COM
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

large number OF poor, ignorant negroes
have been induced to leave Mississippi for Kansas
in the last few weeks. What Inducements were held
out TO them We do not know, but certain it is that
these deluded blacks now suffering from hunger
and exposure and praying to return.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

II lily Springs Reporter, 9th: Some
nd or hends fred into sleeptngcar en- route from
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

UlarksViIIe Tobacco Leaf: Q. Mason
Lane, tire gentleman who ran of with Texas giTl,
stole her jewelTy and deserted her, and then came
TO CIarz sYe aud entered the university, and then
went TO Nashville and enssred Vanderbilt, and then
went TO Brownsville, Tennessee, has been turned
out of church at Fort Worth, Texas"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

Henderson Herald, 18th: IA man named
Kirkman, living near Bethel, hung himself last
Monday morning He had been insane some two or
three weeks, the cause of his insanity being the
dread fuLura eXiStADca'f
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

James ROgan, together with Constable Lipe
and others, had been shooting with pistols at
mark. near RogeTsYille. and while examining a
smith d WeSson pistol in the hands OF James RO-
gan, il accidentally discharged, the ball striking
Lype i'll the abdomen, tntiicting dangerous If not
fatal wound.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

COlumbus UeIn0cT'at, 18th: "Farmers have
finished planting corn except on very low lands.
The plantedis large, and with average seasons
there Is no danger bui full home supply Will be
raised With a good cotton crop to back the corn
crop farmers will be able TO laugh at hard times
next winter"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

Putnam county, Tennessee, has the cham
piOn moOnshneF. He is a boy ten years old. He
used tar kegs for beer tubs, an old cOfeepot for
still, and an aldeTstalk for worm. good average
Tor this miniature mOonshine establishment was
four gallons week
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

Fish are biting in the lakes in the counties
along the seacoast of Mississippi.
A church six miles west of Ripley was
burned last Monday, supposed by incendiaries.
Cnlnnel Claihnrne's history of Mlssissinni
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02

The UOvlngtOn Record complains "that the
high rates charged for freight by the Paducah and
Memphis railroad is injurlng that town BY forcing
the people living within mile of the road 10 wagon
their cotton 10 Randolph and Fulton. The railroad
charges one dol ana seventy five cents per bale for
carrying cotton, and other freight In proportion
Perhaps the reopening of Hatchie will bring the
railroad company to their senses, as it Will enable
cur Upton friends to ignore the railroad altogether
unless it treats them fairly. Nothing like healthy
competition TO force sOulesS corporation to respect
the rights an / interests OF patrons"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-01

The superintendent of the census has
recently issued circular for the assistance
of the farming classes in making prompt
and accurate returns. As the act of con-
gress requires report for the year ending
June l, 1880, and the census is to be COM
pleted during that month, returns of all
crops that are gathered but once in twelve
months, such as the cereals, cotton, tobac-
CO. sugar cane and the ike, must be made
for the calendar year of 1879. Statistics
of wool must DO based upon the clip OF
next spring. excepting in California and
Texes where both spring and fall clip
are obtained. Other articles such as but
ter, cheese. milk. meats. forest products
and home manufactures, for which there is
no harvest in the usual sense of that term,
must include the yield from june l, 1879,
to May 81, 1880. Superintendent " alker
trusts that the agricultural societies and
journals of the country will give all pos
sible publicity to this Information and i'm
press upon the people the importance of
early and reliable reports.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-01

The women and children who were de-
livered from Indian captivity in Colorado
recently, reached Denver yesterday. The
Navsjos Indians 10 Arizona have taken
the war path, and troops have taken the
field against them. A letter from Hills
borough, New Mexico dated October 81 :,
reports that more than sixty persons had
been killed by Indians 10 that territory
between September II and that date, and
the bloody work probably continues, To-
telligence was received yesterday from
Arizona that the Apaches had captured a
station on the tornado del Mierto, near
Fort Craig and killed thirteen persons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-01
Unfortunats.

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err" Acknowledged by all the greatest
medicine on earth. 1t produces 6
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power. giving to the aged or early
wrecked the vigor and bouyancy Of
youth, Sold by druggists at $1.00 oil
sent by express on receipt of price
Advice free, see circular with bottles
Address E. S. Wells 58 Barclay St. New
York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-01

The report of the auditor of the general
post Office shows that the lentire revenue
of the department for the year ending June
80, 1879, was $3O.04l, 9S2, an increase
from the preceding year of $764,465. The
expenses of the service for the same
period were $33 ,O73, 437. a decrease of ST.
O91, CAT. In the returns of revenue by
states New York heads the list with $5,-
7IO,3lO, and Missouri occupies the sixth
place, being proceeded only by Pennsyl-
vania, Illinois. Massachusetts and Ohio in
the order named. Thus our own state
stands third
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-01

1t is odd. but this ugly word Cesar
ism" which in spite of every precaution
persists in turning up every few days. has
great terror for the third term republi-
cans Yet so strong are the bonds of party
slavery that they will quietly accept Grant
as their candidate and vote for him 10
lSS0,with tho vain hope that somehow he
will leave the White House when his term
of Office expires. The contest in 1880
will not be between men or on sectional Is
sues. 1t will be the old fight over again
that was .waged between Hamilton and
Jefferson.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-01
"Laugh and Grow Fat"

This ancient bit of advice is well
enough for 'spare" people, but how
about those that are already too fat ?
What is to become of them? Sit still
and I'll tell you. After many expert
ments. extending through months of
patient investigation and toll, the cele-
brated analytical chemist. j, G. Allan.
has perfected and given to the world
Allan's Anti-Fat, Thus far in several
hundred cases this great remedy has
never failed to reduce Il corpulent per-
son from three to six pounds per week.
1t is perfectly harmless and positively
efficient. Sold by druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-01

The New York state Democratic central
committee says:-"We are constantly re-
ceiving letters from all parts of the State
containing the names of Republicans who
will vote for Robinson. In one county
alone we have list of 500 names of Re
publicans who have expressed their inten-
ton of scratching Cornell. You may de-
pend upon it, the defections from the Re-
publicans will be more than double that
from our side on account of the Kelly bolt. ;,