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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-08
rwo KEpunLIcAN PAnrIEs

There are now two separate and distinct
Republican parties in the South. Both fac
tions are arrayed against each other in
deadly combat, and they hate each other
more than they hate the Democrats. In
Georgia "the negroes no longer have any
confidence in the whites who have hereto
fore been controlling them, and the whites
themselves manifest the utmost scorn for
the negroes. 1t is very evident, even 10 the
casual observer, that the differences devel-
oped between the negroes and the white
officeholders are not to be composed by the
ordinary arts of the politician. The me-
groes want the Offices and the whites want
them, and neither side is to be reconciled to
the loss or the lack of them. This breach
between the two wings, based upon a deter
minstion to possess the Offices, is final" In
Georgia the ~ofice-holding ring is led by
General Longstreet, and the colored people
are led by Mr.. Pledger, an intelligent colored
man of nerve and popularity. Not being
able 10 get rid OF Pledger, General Long
street had him arrested and incarcerated in
the calaboose. The Federal ring of Mem
phis will discover that they will have to
send Ed Shaw and Bob Church to the sta
:ionhouse as the only means TO silence them.
ceremoniously kicked out OF the State con-
v~ention, and to silence them the Federal
ring will have to send for Longstreet, who
uses the calaboose to intimidate freemen in
the exercise of their rights as freemen. In
this war between the Federal o~fice-holders
who have SO long used the blacks as a ladder
to climb into Office, the Democrats are in
sympathy with the colored people. They
constitute the Republican party in the South |
ern States. They do the voting, but the
white carpetbaggers get the Offices. The
blacks in several of the Southern |
States nave raised the banner of re- |
volt. The break in the solid colored vote in
the South will liberalize the Southern whites |
and bring the two races, whose interests are |
identical, to a better and more harmonious |
understanding. A solid Democratic South |
Was q political necessity 30 long as the COL |
ored vote was united and arrayed against |
the whites; but the ice-gorge has been
broken, and it is evident the negroes viii
never again be welded solidly, as a p~olitics1
power, by the Republican or any other pariys
Their fears of a return 10 slavery, and their |
hopes Of material rewards to result from
party success, under which they were such
ardent politicians twelve years ago, nave all
been d~issipated. They nave learned that
their political and material rights are cafe
in the hands of the native whites, AID few of
them have any personal political aspirations.
The Southern blacks ave discovered that
the Southern whites would not re-enslave
them if they could, and they would not
take away from them the right 10 vote
if they had the power go to do; for, aside
from any other reason, in their exercise
of this right the South has a power
in Congress and in the electoral col
lege, which she does not propose, voluntarily, ]
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QUE NATURAL ADVANTAGES.

One of the most extensive cotton manufac-
turers of the South, residing in the State of
North Carolina has recently expressed the
opinion that the South has "a clear and in
disputable advantage of from one and a half
to two cents a pound over New England in
this branch of industry" No other manu-
facture keeps pace with that of cotton IN
North Carolina. Near the cotton mills there
are forests of timber suitable for shuttles,
but the wood is sawed and sent North, and
the shuttles made from it are taken back to
the mills. When black walnut was worth
$40 a tree the North Carolina lumbermen
were still allowed to send the trees North,
and the people then bought them back in
the shape Of furniture for their homes. But
the people are improving, and are gradually
learning their advantages. One man has
been discovered who began 10 make wheel
spokes in a board shsnty at Greensboro a
few years ago, and who now has an immense
business and a large fortune. The manu-
facture of cotton-seed oil is an important
source of profit, and at Newbern there is a
curious factory where the thin wooden
plates used in New York by grocers in the
sale of butter aud lard are made. A log is
run through a machine that peels off layers
as thin as veneering. These are first dried
and then steamed, and while pliable are
nodded into the desired shape.
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to surrender. In truth, there is sometimes
anticipated the coming of the day when the
North will seek to d~isfranchise the negro,
and the South will be his chief protector In
the contest that will ensue; and all right
thinking men among us recognize that Ii the
South is to be pro6ted by the possession OF
the ballot by the negro, the principles OF
ustfce and of honor dictate that he should
enjoy perfect freedom in the use of 1t. In
the last election in Memphis the whites
elected a negro black ga the ace OF spades,
for the purpose of proving to the blacks that
they were not hostile to them; and now that
the colored people have set up for them
selves, and shown a disposition to free them
selves from the adventures who have ar
rsyed them against their employers, the
public tranquility and prosperity will be
promoted by manifesting kindness and conf
dence in a race upon whose labor so much
of our prosperity depends. In every part
of the South the colored people
ara diagusted with the schemes OF
a few oficeholders who care only for Re-
publican domination as a leverage to live
upon the treasury. We do not approve
violence in any shape, bot, at the same time,
it lie not difficult TO understand he ndigna-
ton that some colored people have at being
bossed and bullied by a corporaPs guard OF
oficeholdsrs who would be having a
hard time to make a living but for the negro
It was inevitable that there should be
a revolt against such %impudent assumption,
and it is just as well to have come to an
now as at any other period.
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two bales-S00 pounds-in a day, and. more
over, which is free from seed, and requires
no ginning. To cay the story is a very
-hshy" one might seem to prove the general
depravity of mankind in the way of disbelief
OF the wonderful performances of scientific
persons; therefore, / won't cast doubt upon
IT, but give it as / read it in a @dispatcb,D
so called, from Atlanta, Ga. For many
years a Mr.. Subers, OF Georgia, has been ex-
perimentipg to hybridize a species of wild
cotton that growsi in Florida, with the common
okra plant. The new cotton plant is a wen
deriul thing-a "daisy," so to speak-hav-
ing the stalk of the okra, the foliage of the
cotton, a flower like the magnolia, and, as 1
have said, a fruit like a cocoa-nut; indeed,
the story makes the cocoa-nut, like itseif, a
very big one, too. The everlasting gratitude
OF the Southern farmer, as the story goes,
and as every reader will agree, is due to Mr..
Subers for his invaluable experiment. The
last and not least of the peculiarities of this
new variety of cotton is that it has seed like
those of the persimmon, and only from four
to ak OF them, placed very conveniently at
The bottom of the boil, and quite free from
cotton. ON little difficulty presents itself;
there is but one species OF cotton growing in
America. which is the cotton plant qossypium
heTbdeeNm, and if this is growing wild in
Florida or upon some abandoned plantation
or cotton-ginnery it is merely the common
cultivated species, and, therefore, one ele-
ment OF the wonderful story is disposed OF.
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T.1DEN a y,CroK1oUs.

While Samuel j. Tilden was a candidate
for the presidency a campaign lie was fabri-
Gated against him. He was charged with
cheating the government out of his income
tax by perjury, and to give plausibility to
the SANDER Mr.. Edwards Pierrepont brought
suit to recover the tax out of which it was
alleged Tilden had swindled the govern
ment. Having subserved its purpose, the
Republicans are anxious to withdraw the
suit. But Mr.. Tilden declines to compro-
mise the case, and insists upon a trial, which
is the very last thing that the people who
started the suit ever desired, and the lawyers
are writing to Washington for instructions.
The secretary of the treasury won't give them
any. He says they are the best judges
whether the Gaze should be tried or not. If
it ought to be, they must go to trial without
more delay; if not, they must abandon it and
get out of the disgrace as best they can. The
attor~ney-general backs up this sensible de-
%cision, both officers agreeing that it is none
Of their funeral. This ADMINISTRATION has
enough party loads OF it's own TO carry with
out taking on any of the rubbish remaining
over from the Hayes campaign. Mr.. Pierre
pont admits that he has no case, and in
May last Mr.. Folger wrote to the gov
eminent attorneys: ut is due to the citizen
that he be brought 10 trial, or that he be
freed from the expectation of ii, and if there
is not enough in the facts to refuse him the
latter, it does not seem to me just or worthy
of the government that it exact or take from
him a price for the privilege" In other |
words, il the government has nc case, it
should NOT insist on the payment Of costs by
the defendant as the price of its being dis
continued. The counsel for the government
has been instructed to act in accordance with
principle. But six years really seems a
long period to nave been occupied in arriv-
ing at this conclusion.
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in the evening hour by the shaded light OF
an antique brouze lamp. The private stair
case from the first floor leads up 10 the Pres
ident's private retreat, and it is shut of from
the rest of the corridor BY q heavy portieTe Of
raw silk tapestry shot with gold and silver
thread. portiere of Turkish cloth on one side
c~onceals the door of the pink and blue POM
padour apartments occupied by President
Garfield, and a similar drapery hangs at the
entrance to President Arthur's pale azure
chamber. The arched window at The end is
covered with a part of the rich Turkey
carpet sent some years ago as a present to
this government from the sultan, the pre-
vailing tint of which is a soft, rich orange,
and the furniture is covered with dark
plush. A writing desk at one
side of this sitting-room has its racks filed
with dainty, cream-tinted note paper, and
the comfortable is strewn with the latest
books and magazines, Several copies of the
North American Rerier occupy a conspicuous
place, and a rich Venetian lamp, with a
futed, tulip-shaped globe of opal glass,
stands on the table. Big Shaker rocking
chairs, fame, and the daily papers OF Wash
ington and New York offer comfort and
company for the idle summer hours.
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BUTLDIse

A commission has been at work drawing
up a plan for the regulation Of buildings in
the city of Paris. The hight of houses is TO
be in proportion to the width of the street, a
regulation whose value the fremen will
readily recognize. Streets forty feet wide
may have houses forty feet high, and SO on
up to a hight of sixty-fve feet for a street
siXty-ive feet wide or more. The number Of
stories, extent of interior courtyard, width
of alleys, etc., are all defined. The passages,
corridors and vestibules must be well yenti-
lated and lighted. This is a kind of legis-
Iation which we should find useful among
ourselves. Each city ought to have regula-
tions to which all buildings should conform,
and no building should be put up, nor any
repairs in them that require occupying a
portion of the street should be allowed,
without a permit being taken o1t. A public
officer would then see that all was done in
conformity with the legal requirements.
Such an arrangement would be one of the
best of sanitary measures, for, on a large
scale, it would prevent disease and epidemic.
The regulations Of the Paris Commission are
most minute, such as defining the amount OF
lighting space in rooms, the distance Of
walls from each other, and care in respect TO
water-closets and cellars. With US there
would be required rules as to material, the
use of wood and so on as preventive of fire.
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WEST POINT, MISS.
Glass-EsalI shoot and Entertainments
A Grand Success.

Special Correspondence of the Appeal
WEST POINT, August ~5.-Thursday last was
In West Point devoted to patriotic service
Stores we're closed and the good people OF
our town turned out to a glass-ball shoot
during the day, and 10 a concert at Whites
Hall at night. The proceeds net were APP
piled 10 the funds collecting for the payment
of fines recently imposed on several citizens
of our county by the Federal Court at Or
ford, as referred to in a recent communica-
ton.
The glass-ball show was quite a success,
and the entertainment at night by the beauty
and chivalry of West Point was a brilliant
affair, the success OF which was mainly due
to the efforts of our noble ladies, under the
supervision of Mrs. Fred Beall. Man, amid
business cares or reckless rivalries, may for
get his duty to his country; but wemap, sur
founded by the sacred influences of home,
and cherishiDg above every other considera-
ton the future safety of her sons and daugh-
tiers, is ever vIgilsnt. Her heart is the altar
of patriotism upon which the fires are al
ways brightly burning.
The convicted parties, who came from the
country to attend the entertainment, were
received and treated with every mark of at
tention and respect. AT the close of the
RhB8as 1PPl ne Captain En- a ass Bssli, I IL n neas
ilemen that the people of Clay county be-
lieyed they were innocent of the charge
brought against them Violating election
laws); that their sympathies were with them,
and that the names of Conner, Caradine
and -Hallum would be cherished in the
hearts and memories of our people. Z. N.
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Decrease. f
IA part of the Immigration into the United
States from the Dominion of Canada consisted OF
immigrants from Europe, who came by steamer TO
Montreal, and THENCE reached the lake ports ofthe
United States by railroad.
ireland, it will be observed, does not show
a large increase, but that of Germany is ex-
eessively large, and Europe sends US no bet
ter citizens than the good people of Father
land. The number from Canada is fewer
than for the previous year. There has been
much dispute as to how far the immigration
has been really Canadian. There are immi-
grants whe find it convenient, for the parts they
have to go TO, to come by the ST. Lawrence river.
Landing at Montreal, these come through
cAa1Sa-hnts mara nAuAr nart-n tina anu-
slant emigration of Canadian citizens TO the
United States, as is known from accounts in
the neighborhoods they nave left, and by the
number of Aabitans from lower Canada in
parts of New England and in New York
State. The young and venturesome are fond
OF travelling ON this side the line, and large
numbers of them settle here. They can pros
per much better than in Canada. England
has sent a large proportion, and will probably
continue to do SO owing to the depressed con-
dition OF agriculture there, the farmers sons
thinking it better TO grow grain for the En-
glish market where they can make some
thing, than in England itself and have to
struggle with continual difficulties. The
Norwegians and Swedes come also in increas-
ing numbers, and they make good, prosper
Gus citizens. A greater proportion of the
immigration than usual consisted of skilled
mechanic, who will helpto extend our man.
ufactures. The greater part of the arrivals
landed at New York, 5O2,17l out of $4,000.
The number OF immigrants arriving for a
series of years past, year ended June SOtb, |
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

The princess of Wales wears a white BON
net and veil, with a light blue dress.
Mrs. Betsey Young, of Georgia, is seventy
years old, has never taken a dose of medicine
and has never seen a railroad.
The empress of Germany has for many
years given much of her time to the study
and improvement of the peoples stoves and
Kitchens.
Even Worth has gone stark mad over that
ugly monstrosity, the tournure; but he has
little influence over the English ssthetes and
their American cousins.
A few DAYS ago Miss Mary E. Stark, of
Elmira, N. Y, married Mr.. Aaron Stark, of
Elmira, Mich. She goes with him to his
home, but changes neither her own name nor
the name of the town.
The coqnille ruche is formed by several
plaits turned each way, so as to form a box
plat in the center. The upper and lower
edges OF this ruche are sewn together in the
center, causing the other plaits to set out in
a fan or shell shape, as the name coquille
denotes.
Very young girls now tie the hair which
they draw away from the forehead and tenn
pies very high upon the crown of their heads,
fastening it there with a bright satin ribbon.
These flowing locks are then left to fall with
the back hair in a wavy shower over their
shoulders.
Among the Innovations of modern fashion,
one of the Oldest is the wearing of velvet
throughout the summer. There is this sea-
son an infinite variety of velvets-plain,
openwork, plaided, striped, beaded, moired,
lowered, and a number of novel devices in
dark oriental colorings. The plain black
Lyons velvet lie, however, the most favored.
The new English brand of velyeteen, known
as the Louis" silk-face pile, is finding a
very large sale in America, as it is much
used for underskirts and for children's
dresses.
A Long Branch correspondent, describing
the fair sex in bathing, says the Chicago girl's
feet give her dead away. When she crosses the
strand the very sands shrek out in agony,
and, as she plants her feet in the surf, the
tide rises suddenly and the waves beat tu-
multuously at he feet of the bluff. The
waves dash wildly about in strange commo-
ton, and awful groans and sobs arise from
the bosom of the deep. But, for all that,
the Chicago girl Is a good companion for a
bath. She is good-natured and always smil-
ing, and, if a large wave covers and doubles
her up into a ball and rolls her like light
ming across the beach. she does not get fright
and scream, but remarks pleasantly to
her companion, dts just lovely"
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WHY HE
from Senior Montufar, Late
GuaIemaIan Mfnfster.

NEW YORK, August 7.-Senor Montufar
of Guatemala, has sent 10 the press the fol
lowing statement:
"MHch has been said in regard te my re.
signing and of the purposes of the legation
of Guatemala in Washington. 1 cannot &C.
cept so many mistakes and 60 many errors,
some of them rather grave, and l hasten TO
say that in the course Of my conversations
with Blaine neither money questions or the
union of Central America, nor the annexa-
ton of any territory was mentioned. 1t is
true 1 have proposed TO him the mediation
OF the United States in territorial differences
Guatemala and Mexico, and / went
so far as TO suggest to him the means which
could be adopted to obtain said end. My
was not motived by anything
published by the newspapers to this moment,
but by The cause expressed in my letter of
August Sd TO General Bsrrios.
MONTTJFAPD
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ONLY A SMILE.

Only a smile that was given me
On the crowded street one day.
But 1t pierced the gloom of my saddened heart
Like a sudden sunbeam's ray.
The shadow of doubt hung over me,
And the burden of pain I bore,
And the voice of hope 1 could not hear,
Though 1 listened DER and DER.
But there anne q rift in the crowd about,
And a face that 1 knew passed by,
And the smile L caught was brighter to me
Than the blue of q summer sky;
For 1t gave me back the sunshine
And 1t scattered each somber thought,
And my heart rejoiced in the kindling warmth
Which that Kindly smile had wrnugbt.
Only q smile from a kindly face
On the busy street that day
Forgotten as soon as given, perhaps,
AS the donor went her way.
But straight to my heart it went speeding,
To gid the clouds THAI were there,
And found that of sunshine and LIES blue skie:
also might take my share.
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SERIOUS
Sunday Meeting at sarafoEa-ProbabIe
Loss of Life.

SARATOGA, n. Y. August IA large pub
lie meeting was held under the auspices of
the Sabbath Committee in the Methodist
church last evening; Truman P. Hardy, of
Cleveland, presiding. A FIRE occurred, when
a side wall and floor gave way, precipitating
them to the floor beneath. Ali were more or
less injured by the wall and flying debris;
four of them, named, respectively, John
Green, Charles Little, Robert Kilhan and
Philip Mcguire, were seriously and probably
fatally hurt The remaining fifteen, who
were on the ground floor, managed to make
their escape unhurt. The origin of the FIRE
is unknown.
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MONTPELIER, VI, August 7.-As Phil
ander Young, his con, Charles, and two
grandsons, Willie and Merton, with Charles
Cory, were getting in hay in Worcester, VT,
lightning struck the load and killed Merton
Young, aged fourteen years, Frustrated the
other four, and killed one horse and burned
the load of hay and wagon. Philander re-
covered consciousness in season to rescue
the body OF Merton and the other three per-
sons from the flames of the burning wagon.
Charles Young was badly hurt, but may
recover.
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HiIgert's Victims.

PHILADELPHIA, August up to this
afternoon the list of the victims OF Charles
NJ. Hilgert, the Ascending member of John
Hilgerfs Sons, is as follows: Mechanics
Bank, $4,000; Philadelphia National Bank,
$44l 900; Hall & Kennedy, brokers, $S26O;
Evans, Edwards & Sons, coopers, $25OO;
Maitland & Phelps, New York, $4,000;
Remington National Bank, $169S; Newbold
& Sons, note brokers, $3.50; George c. Car
son & Co, 177,40l; Province Life and Trust
Company, $4,000; ]. Lowber Welsh, $685.
600; Remsen & Tate, $4,000; miscellaneous,
$500. Total. S4qR Is
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Brutal Rape.

PoArERoY, o., August IA burly negro
named VIM. Holmes, while out hunting Sat
urday evening, near Rutland, this county,
who were blackberrying. He scared the
youngest girls away and detained the oldest,
named Hysell, whom he outraged in a bru-
tai manner. He was caught and placed in
Jail by officers, while the enraged neighbors
secured the woods with shotguns and a de-
termination to lynch him if found. Holmes
has q Dad reputation.