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There were 10000 cattle received at his
yards. Mr.. Paxton began life as a poor
boy, and herded cattle on the plains long be
fore he began to deal in them himself He
invested few hundred dollars some years
ago, and now owns 5000 cattle, which are
worth every cent of 100000, to say nothing
of his ranch improvements and privileges.
Besides his herd and ranch, he owns several
business blocks in Omaha, and is a stock
holder in important and profitable corpora
tions in the city. His wealth is variously
estimated at from 100000 to $500 900, and
it is rapidly increasing. Every cent is to be
credited TO the stock business. +. Trussler,
of Sidney, put 5000 head of cattle on the
range in 1880, which cost him IS to
SO per head, and although the fol-
lowing winter was the most severe ever ex-
perienced in the State, he shipped sixty
five carloads last season. The same profits
have been realized in Texas in the same
business. The Omaha correspondent shows
that the cost of raising steer to three years
of age does not exceed Sc, and that the
average price at that age is S33, which demon
strates most conclusively that there is no
business 80 profitable. 1t is also shown that
nothing is lost by feeding the cattle on grain,
as it increases the weight and price. The
attention of the whole country is turned TO
the business OF eattle-raising, and any infor-
nation on the subject is read with great
avidity.
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TIE SISTERS OF CHARITY.

During the week just passed Boston celebrated
that city. During the exercises John Boyle
O'Reilly read the following poem, composed fol
| the occasion by Mrs. Mary E. Blake:
When at the city's gates
Some great one enters in
Whose name is writ by the Eternal Fates
Times honored roll within
When from the battle-fields
Bearing aloft on fair, victorious shields
The laurels brave men earn
With cannon burst and blare of echoing sound
We hail their entering feet,
While the glad camor OF the joyous crowd
Fills all the surging street.
O. daughters of the Cross,
Not with such loud acclaim
Your strong sweet souls, that soothe the pain OF
Have stormed the nights of Fame;
Not with the clang of bell,
Nor throbbing beat of drum,
Nor lusty thoughts that echoing rise and swell,
Your conquering legions come;
But softly, With the slow and noiseless tread
OF Him who quelleth strife,
VINO opes the gate of glory to the dead,
And bids them enter life.
Yet from your gentle hands
LIES fiercest phantoms fly
The battlefield, the pague-infested lands,
Find hope and mercy nigh.
Even from Sins drear night
The veil OF darkness lifts,
And stars of heaven, with mild, persuasive light,
While soft summer winds that breathe and blow
Above the winters sod.
Your message comes TO frozen hearts below,
And warns them back to God.
No narrow bound of creed
Confines your earnest will
Wherever misery tells its tale of need,
There bend your footsteps still;
Pure as the lilies cup,
Undimmed and undefiled,
Your stainless hands do lift the fallen up,
And sOothe the orphaned child;
Burning with love, and strong with heavenly
grace,
You seek the wanderers side
Nor jew nor Gentle see in any face
But His-the Cruciiedi
Ye who have conquered blissi
Ye who have won the crown,
Whatc the empty praise of worlds like this
Add to your fair renown?
What can our hearts desire
Offer of gifts grace
To ye, who burning with the sacred fire,
Shall look upon His face?
For o. Beloved Of the risen Lord
Though Faith may mountains move,
And Hope point onwsrd to a souls reward,
None enters in but Lovel
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PILLS.
By Universal Accord.


AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS are the best
of all purgatives for family use. They
are the product of long, laborious, and
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their extensive use, by physicians in
their practice, and by all civilized ma
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etable no harm can arise from their
use, and being sugar-coated, they are
pleasant to take. In intrinsic value
and curative powers no other Pills
can be compared with them; and every
person, knowing their virtues, will
employ them, when needed. They
keep the system in perfect order, and
maintain in healthy action the whole
machinery of life. Mild, searching and
effectual, they are especially adapted
to the needs of the digestive apparatus,
arrangements of which they prevent
and cure, if timely taken. They are
the best and safest physic TO employ
for children and weakened eonstitu-
tions, where a mild but effectual
cathartic is required.
For sale by all druggists.
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uUKDER ay opFICIAL oRnER,

The whole country has expressed its con-
domination at the conduct of Governor Crit
tenden, of Missouri, who perjured himself
by hiring an assassin to perpetrate an I'M
lawful deed. Even the people of Missouri,
reioiced as they are, that the State has been
rid of the most dangerous desperate of mod
ern times, have too much respect for law to
justify the conduct of Governor Crittenden.
the st. Louis Dispatch says: "The effort to
get up meeting to indorse the course OF
Crittenden in the James assassination, en-
tirely failed in Jefferson city. The call for
the meeting was in circulation for several
days. A few Republicans and half-breed
Democrats signed it, about enough to form a
corporars guard. The governors cabinet
refused to sign the call, or to take part in
the meeting, if held" This failure is COM
plimentary to the law-abiding spirit of the
people of Missouri. Every good citizen
concurs in the opinion that it was an evil
day for the republic when the governor Of
State, conservator of the peace,
sworn to execute and obey the writ
ten law, hires men to violate
the law by promising to shield them from
punishment. The safety of society and the
general welfare of the country demands the
punishment of outlaws,i whether they be
such assassins as Ford and Guiteau or an
accomplice like Governor Crittenden. Ad-
mitting, as everybody admits, that Jesse
James deserved death for his notorious
crimes, if we indorse the precedent estab-
lished by Governor Crittenden, trial by
jury will give place to the mere ipsi dirt of
the chief executive Of the State, who will
have power over the life of the citizen.
While the motive which influenced the gov
ernor of Missouri may have been good, if it
is TO become the settled policy of the coun-
try, the governor of State has discretionary
powers to pronounce sentence on any man
he may regard as having forfeited his life.
The failure of the effort to indorse Governor
Crittenden at Jefferson city, the capital of
Missouri, is a compliment to the law-abiding
spirit of the people, who, it seems, regard
the assassination of James as a complete
abandonment of the ordinary machinery of
law as an agent to bring criminals to pun
isment by the courts, and resort to means
as reprehensible as those which disgraced
the career of the outlaw. The robber has
gathered the seed of his own sowing, says
taking up parable, and it is no
doubt true. But the seed sown by the gov
ernor of Missouri in becoming an accom-
plice in the infamy of assassination will not
bear harvest of honor.
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Judxe mcKin.try,. TestImony.

For ten years after the war l never heard
of such a charge against me. When l
moved to Mobile l was told that such a
charge was in existence, and that Judge
McKinstry was its author. He was absent
from the city when l learned of it, and not
knowing its exact character or the extent of
its circulation, addressed letters TO various
Confederate officers with whom / served,
asking their recollection of the facts. The
replies to my letters are herewith annexed
Upon Judge McKinstry's return l questioned
him about the rumor L had heard, and he
denied having circulated or authorized such
a statement, and admitted that / was hon
orally acquitted by the court-martial. This
was in the presence of the late Major Wal
ter Jones, and, think, of Captain w. II.
Williams, who was walking with Judge
McKinstry when / met him.
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Chalmers i'm the Niche with Judas Is
CARROT and Malone.

These letters have been by me Tor eight
years, and had hoped never TO have occa-
sion 10 publish them. 1t is fortunate that l
preserved them, as they refute a calumny
which / am now convinced owes its origin TO
General Chalmers. General Chalmers is in
error in supposing that any opposition may
have made to his political course since the
war is due to maleyolence. II had been
guilty of what he charges against me policy
would have suggested to purchase his silence
by Cancellation. | refuse to conciliate him
and l defy his utmost venom. He was an
imbecile in war and is an imbecile in peace
He may reach the elevated niche in the tenn
pie of fame occupied by Judas Iscariot and
Malone, but he can never convince the
people Of Alabama that l have ever proved
untrue to any trust confded in me.
JOSEPH HODGSON
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MIS-. Nancy HARMAN, of Mansfield Ohio,

writes: Il have been under the care Of a ply
stefan during the past seven years. Sometimes
would feel better, and then again would feel
worse. The past two years nothing seemed to help
me About two months ago my doctor seemed to
be getting discouraged, and lay completely bed
ridden grew very nervous; the least noise gave
me great irritation. The doctor, l suppose more
to get me off his hands than anything else, he
said would never leave my bed, told me might
try Browns Iron Bitters at the same time re-
marking, 1t was good tonic. and would help to
keep me alive l have used the remedy about
Two months and have been out OF bed nearly two
weeks, and now help about the house. II has
acted like miracle in my case
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Relies of the mound.BuiIders,

ST. PAUL, May PA skull of heroic size
and singular formation has just been dis
covered among the relics of the Mound
builders in the Red river valley. The
mound was sixty feet in diameter and twelve
feet high. Near the center were found the
bones of about dozen males and females,
mixed with the bones OF various animals.
The skull in question was the only perfect
one. Near it were found some abnormaIIy
large body bones. The man who bore them
was evidently a giant. A thorough investi-
CATION of the mound and its contents will be
made BY the Historical Society.
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GENERAL CHALMERS
May Reach the Elevated Niche in the
Temple OF Fame Occupied by Judas
IseariOt and
Malone, but he can Never Convince the
People Of Alabama that Joseph HOdg-
son was Untrue TO Them.

MOBILE, ALA, May 24.-The Register pub
fishes the following card from Colonel
Joseph Hodgson very conspicuously on its
editorial page. 1t is refutation of the
charge made against him by General Chal-
mers in card from him published in the
APPEAL of the 18th instant.
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net an incident Of my military career with
which he was not familiar:
CALVARY RECTORT,
NEW ORLEANS, September >, 1S74.
m Ec1ruo-, Nrorsr- Al

NJ" Ot-LEANsS september l..
Colonel Joseph Hodgson, Mobile, Ala:
Ny DEAR COLONEL an quite surprised that
any one however malicious. should attempt to
imprint q stain upon your military record during
your career in the Confederate States army Sery.
ing first as private in your company 81, First
Alabama Cavalry, and then as an officer had
ample opportunity TO know of your chivalrous
bearing in many engagements where true bravery
was Necessary Indeed, your soldiers all had the
utmost confidence in your skill and gallantry, and
upon many well-fought field had occasion to feel
proud Of such captain During the battle of
Perryville, KY, I was promoted 70 the position
of assistant Acknowledgement 10 General
Wheeler, who afierward made ms jor-
general commanding cavalry corps of
General Bragg's and General Johnston s army.
While djutant general had frequent opportu-
nifty OF seeing your true soldiery qualities. Never
do remember to have known any occasion where
your bravery was not of the most marked charac-
ter. Indeed when detailed for any perllOus expe-
dltiOn, your conduct was always that of q bold
and heroic soldier. The man who dares TO assail
your character as a soldier, shows an utter igno-
rance Of your record in our late struggle in the
Confederate States army. I am, dear colonel,
faithfully your friend. s. BURFORD,
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General Allen DenOunces ChaImers's
Charge as n Base Attempt 10 IDJure


The following letter is from Ms ior- General
William w. Allen, who has known me from
school days TO the present hour:
MONTGOMERY, ALA, September Is, 1874.
,colouel Joseph Hodgson, Mobile, ala:
&1 DEAR CoLoSEL-Your letter addressed to
a New Orleans and forwarded, reached me here
This morning, and am astonished that any one
should have put in circulation report SO absurd
ever deserter from the army. You were captain
in the First Alabama Cavalry from the time of its
orr imitation until after the battle OF MurreesbOrO
and participated in the many engagements between
that regiment and the enemy, including every
battle in which TIE army engaged, from Shiloh
highest credit to yourself If you ever showed any
DISPOSE tion TO shrk your duty as soldier, ETHER
on the deld in camp. 1 never discovered II.
When YOU left the First Alabama, II was 10 re-
eeive promotion by taking command OF e
regiment under the noble, brave Clautoni who
had Organized and carried into the held the regi-
ment in which You had been captain. ana who
had enjoyed the fullest opportunities OF ascertain
ing whether not you had been iditniul ana
efficient officer. That same devoted patriot, re
member, after the war, in the Democratic state
Convention of $50, departed from his rule (being
chairman of the state Executive Cou1itteel and
placed you nomination for the poslflon OF super
intendeut ef education to which you were elected
No one who knew him viii believe for moment
that he would have recommended you TO the peo-
ple of Alabama for that important position had he
even suspected that you had ever been untrue TO
you- colOIs Such q charge. then, colonel coming
from whom il may, cannot arrest the attentlon OF
auy one for moment but viii be regarded by ali
rs base attempt TO inJure you ana notniIe more.
/ appreciate the indignation you feel under the
circumstances, 6ad the compliment you pay me IN
vouT friend WM. W. ALLEN
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Major Randolph Says HodgsOn wa;
HonOrabIy Acquitted.
AS to the facts attending my arrest, Major
P. G. Randolph, now probate judge of Mont
gomery county, wrote to me as follows:

AS to the facts attending my arrest, Major
P. G. Randolph, now probate judge of Mont
gomery county, wrote to me as follows:
MONTGOMERY, Ala, October 2, 1874.
Colonel Joseph Hodgson, Mobile:
My Dear Colonel-I take the first opportunity
since my return to the city to reply to your letter
of the 18th ultimo, in which you refer to reported
remarks of Judge McKinstry, that you were tried
before q court-msrtial for desertion, and would
have been shot but for the ending of the war.
Though not present at your trial, have no hest
tation in saying such statement is totally false,
than thet reported author, who was one of the
military judges who sat in the case. never saw
the charges and specifications, but always under
stood they were for absence without leave. As
Alabama Cavalry during your trial, was notned
through special orders of your honorable ac-
ouittal and restoration to duty. The circum-
stances of your absence, as far as my knowledge
army crossed the Tennessee river, near
Decatur, in the fall of 1864, our cavalry brigade
was in the advance. The morning previous to the
forward movement of the army, you notified me
matism, and was bound for Decatur on surgeons
certificate, where you would rest a few days, with
the hope of being able to rejoin your regiment in
a short while. The command OF the regiment de-
the return to Okolona, Miss, OF the army, about
the middle of January, 1865. / was present with
YOU in many engagements with the enemy, both
in General FORESTS last Tennessee campaign, IN
wilson's famous raid from Selma to Macon, and
on every occasion OF meeting the enemy you acted
with GOODNESS and conspicuous gallantry. Hoods
Tennessee campaign was the only occasion OF your
service. In conclusion. from my personal knowl-
edge of many of the facts of the case, do not
hesitate to pronounce the charge referred TO as
false. Respectfully, etc., F. c. RANDOLPH.
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PLAIN TALK IN 1881.
Bg-District-AttOrney C.. w. Heiskell
was Then Opposed TO Connecting the
District Government
With the Old City Debt in any Way, and
IL. Clay King was Opposed to Paying
Even Cent OF il.

For the information of the readers OF the
APPEAL who take an interest in the discus
lature recently passed in the interest Of the
bondholders, we reproduce from the APPEAL
of the 1st of February, 1881, report of a
meeting held the night before to express the
opposition of the people to a similar meas
ure, and their uualtersble purpose to keep
the Taxing District government free OF all
ENHANCEMENT with the debt of Memphis.
The resolutions Of that meeting are earnest
and strong on that purpose, and are full
and complete answer to all that the bond
holders' friends have or can say in defense
of the fifty.cent hill
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THOSE who suffer from an enfeebled and
disordered state Of the system, should take
Ayers SarsapariIla and cleanse the blood.
Purge out the lurking diztemper that under
mines health, and the constitutional vigor
will return
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;. SOME OF FORESTS CAVALRY

who went with me through the battles OF Franklin
and Nashville will remember that quite e number
of fainthearted gentry sought surgeons certiii-
Gates and went TO the rear, and Colonel Hodgson
was of that class When he came to me with his
surgeons certificate refused to approve it, and he
went to the rear against my order-for which he
was arrested and tried He was colonel of an Ala
bama regiment OF cavalry, ana my information Is
that through the kindness of Judge McKinstry. of
Alabama, who was president of the court-martial
ne was permitted to resign to escape conviction
and sentence for deserving his command In the
face q he e never lost an OppOr-
tuufty since tn assail me, etc.
Colonel Hodgson does not, anyway, bear this
kind of reputation at home, and has been honored
by high trusts by the Alabamians he served in war
1 am very much obliged to the Messenger
for its few words of comment on Chalmers's
charge. No man could stand before the face
of the people of Alabama had he been guilty
of observing his command in the face of the
enemy" The charge is 30 VIGOROUSLY IN
true that it hardly needs refutation, but beg
indulgence for abiding to this purely per-
sonal matter in order that Mississippians who
do not know me may not be influenced by
Chalmers's statement.
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ties and states, and this supreme law demands that
each particular community should be so preserved
and regulated as always TO remain elfsustaining
factor in the state not endangering nor retardlng
but augnenting the common prosperity of the
entire common wealth In view of the paramount
obligation OF this law, and the Overwhelming
Affections and losses that have befallen the city
and people Of Memphis, we regard the proposed
djustment as the ultimatum that should be
offered in satisfaction of the Indebtedness of the
now defunct municipality, and one that if made
Will, we believe, be consummated in good faith.
{tes0,ted mat as conforming 70 tne views e1-
indorse the petition of the people OF Memphis to
the General Assembly of Tennessee, in response 10
the petition of the creditors of the extinct corpo
ration Of Memphis, lately presented 10 that
honorable body, and we hereby adopt IL as our
own: as fully as though our signatures were az
pended thereto.
KesoiUed, That our representatives in the Gen
eral Assembly are hereby requested and instructed
TO vote for and use all honorable efforts to procure
the passage of the law making settlement upon
the terms herein above presented and to employ
all proper means to defeat any other settlement
that may be proposed upon basis higher than
We indicated
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To Contributors ana Correspondents.

We solicit letters and communications upon sub
jects of general interest, but such must always
be accompanied by the name and address Of the
writer, as a guarantee of his good faith and re-
sponsib1ity No notice can be taken of anony-
nous communications.
Communications for publication must be written
on one side of the page only and, with all other
matters connected with the editorial depart.
ment, should De addressed: To THE EDITORS OF
The APPEAL, Memphis Tenn,
We cannot as a rule, undertake to return articles
not found suitable for publication.
Business letters should be addressed
GALLAWAY & HEATING,
n g. GALWAY. asa Second Street,
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MINSEAPoLIs, May 24-The condition of
Bishop Foss this morning was much more
favorable His pulse and temperature we're
better, mind clear, and the swelling of the
parotid gland lessening. His physicians are
very hopeful.
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Lfeutenant.COIoneIR lakey Bears Flat
terfng Testimony 10 HodSsOn's Sol
dIerIY Qunlifies.

The following letter is from Colonel David
BIakey, now a practicing lawyer at Mont
gomery:
MoNTGoNEY, September 16, 1874.
Colonel Joseph Hodgson:
DEAR sIR-In reply to yours of the oath, I would
saw that knew you well and intimately during
the whole term of your connection with the First
Alabama Cavalry regiment, and never knew or
heard ANYTHING even in the slightest degree re-
fecting on your character a soldier. We were
under fire in the battle of Shiloh, and on many
other occasions and were intimately associated in
our camp life and 1 was acquainted with no man
who according to my judgment, better en-
titled to the character of gallant soldier and ire
proaehable gentleman. With many kind memo
ries of our pleasant association in the past, and
good wishes for your future prosperity and happi-
p' DAVID T. BLAKEY,
Late Colonel First Alabama Cavalry Regiment.
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r,. p.x Ru-tora peuouuess the
Ia l.a a ssalIa ls-AnK,s kecnEfl.

The following letter is from the Rev. Mr..
Buriord, now an Episcopal minister at New
Orleans, who, beginning his career az a
private in my company, became afterTard a
staff officer for General Wheeler and subse-
quently for General Besuregsrd. There was
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MY DEAR GENERAL was sur
prised that the political opponents OF Colonel
Hodgson, in their many endeayors TO in
iure him, had attempted to reflect upon
his career soldier. During the period l
was fortunate enough to have Colonel Hodgson
under nay command, his intelligence, zeal, cour-
sge and general good soldierly conduct won for
him most enviable distinction, which was no.
tieed and admired by the ehivalrous General Clan
ton and yourself. To such a degree did General
Clanton esteem him that he insisted upon and Sc
cured him his promotion from captain of the First
Alabama regiment to the colonelcy of one of the
regiments OF the famous Clanton Brigade, where
Hodgson served with great distinction until the
close OF the 9 . " With respect your
friend WHEEL