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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-27
DEBT OF MEMPHIS.
Bill to Re-Enaet the Flippin Compromise
Passed Both Houses and Signed
by the Governor.
The Redistricting Bill-Republiean eau.
eus-GOy. Hawkins to be RenOm-
in tied on the First Ballot.

Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, April 26.-In the bill to re
enact the Flippin compromise, subject tC
| the approval of the Legislative Council OIL
the Taxing District, the taxing power re-
mains with the Legislature, "a under the Law
authorizing the Taxing District government
! The Senate amendments provides that two.
thirds in amount of the creditors must agree
to accept the compromise before the act can
| go into effect. The ninth and tenth wards
are to pay the same proportion of taxes as
| now. The rate of interest on the new bonds
is not 10 be greater than six per cent. These
amendments were, on motion of Representa-
tive Smith, concurred in by the House,
and the bill as amended was signed by the
governor to-day.
THE REDIsTRIcTING BILL.
The following Is the redistricting bill as
passed:
That the counties of johnson, Carter, Sui.
Iivap, Washington, Unicoi, Hawkins, Greene,
HambIen, Hancock, Claiborne, Union and
Granger shall compose the First congress
isonal district of this State.
That the counties of Jefferson, Cooke,
Sewer, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane, An
compose the Second congressional district.
That the counties of Monroe, Polk, Brad
ley, McMinn, Meigs, james, Hamilton, Rhea,
Cumberland, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Mariop.
Grundy, VanBuren, White and Warren shall
compose the Third congressional district.
That the counties of Sumner, Wilson, Ma
con, Trousdale, Smith, DeKalb, Clay, Jack
son, Putnam, Overton, Fentress and Pickett
shall compose the Fourth congressional dis
lrict.
That the counties OF Cannon, Coffee,
Franklin, Lincoln, Moore, Marshall, Bed
ford and Rutherford shall compose the Fifth
congressional district.
That the counties OF Davidson, Robertson,
Cheatham, Montgomery, Stewart, Hum
phreys and Houston shall compose the Sixth
congressional district.
That the counties OF Williamson, Maury,
Giles, Lawrence, Hickman and Dickinson
shall compose the Seventh congressional
district.
That the counties of Henry, Benton, De-
catur, McNairy, Perry, Henderson, Madison
and Carroll shall compose the Eighth con-
gressional district.
That the counties of Weakley, Gibson,
Haywood, Lauderdale, Dyer, Obion and
Lake shall compose the Ninth congressional
district.
That the counties of Hardeman, Fayette,
Shelby and Upton shall compose the Tenth
congressional district.
Be Il further enacted, That any new counties
hereafter created shall vote with the county
from which it was taken, until the next ap-
portionment in Congress.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-27
little Rock Race

Cotton BeIt Bulletin.
MEMPHIS, TENN, April %, 1852, 5 pm.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
From Popular Noathiy.
MarVels OF the Human Body.

While the gastric JUICE has a mild,
bland, sweeiish taste, it possesses the
power of dis-olying the hardest food
that can he swallowed. 1t has no in
luence whatever on the soft aud deli.
cate fbres of the living stomach, nor
upon the living hand, but at the mo-
ment Of death it begins to eat them
away with the power of the strongest
acids.
There Is dust on sea, on land, in the
valley and on the mountain top there
is dust always and everywhere; the
atmosphere Is full of it; it penetraies
the noisome dungeon, and visits the
deepest. darkest caves of the earth no
palace door can shut it out, no drawer
so secret as to escape its presence !;
every breath Of wind dashes it upon
the open eye, yet that eve is not blind
ed, because under the eye.lid there is
incessantly emptying itselfa fountain
of fthe blandest fluid in nature. which
spreads itself over the snrface Of the
eye at every winking and washes
every atom away.--But this liquid, 80
mild and 80 we'll adapted to the eye,
itself has some acridity, which, under
certain circumstances, becomes so de.
cided a. to be scalding to the skin and
would rot away the eye.lids, we're il
not that along the edges Of them are
little oil manufactures, which spread
over their surface a coating as imper-
vious to the liquids necessary for keep
ing the eye-lids clean as the best var
nish is impervious to water.
The breath which leaves the lungs
has been so perfectly divested of its
life-giviDg properties, that to re-
breathe it unmixed with other air the
moment it escapes from the mouth,
would cause immediate death by sufIo-
cation while if it lowered above us,
more or less destructive influence over
health and life would be occasioned.
But il is made of nature so much
lighter than the common air, that the
instant il escapes the lips and nostrils
1t ascends TO the higher regions above
the breathing point, there to be recti-
fed, renovated and sent back again,
replete with purity and life. How
rapidly It ascends is fully exhibited
every frosty morning.
But, foul and deadly as the expired
air is, Nature, wisely economical in
ell her works and ways. turns il 10
good account, its outward passage
through the organs of the voice max.
ing Of il the whispers of love, the soft
words of affection, the tender tones Of
human sympathy, the sweetest strains
of ravishing music, the persuasive elo.
qsence Of the finished orator.
Ifa well.made man be extended on
the ground, bis arms at right angles
with the body, a circle making the
navel the centre will just take in the
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

head, the finger ends and the feet.
The distance from top TO toe is pre-
cisely the same as that between the
tips of the fingers when the arms are
extended. The length of the body is
just six times that of the foot, while
the distance from the edge of the hair
on the forehead to the edge Of the
chin is one tenth the length of the
whole stature.
Of the sixty-two primary elements
known in nature, only eighteen are
known in the human body, and of
these seven are metallic. Iron is
found in the blood, phosphorus in the
brain, limestone in the bile, lime in
bones and dust and ashes in all. Not
only these eighteen human elements,
but the whole sixty-two of which the
universe is made, have their essential
basis in the four substances of oxygen,
nitrogen and carbon, representing the
more familiar names Of fire, water,
saltpetre and charcoal. And such is
man, the lord of earth IA spark of
fire, drop Of water, grain of pow.
der, an atom Of charcoal.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
The Road 60 Furtnne.

The elder Vanderbilt, shrewd old
Commodore that he was, once put the
questions, "How can the world know a
man has good article unless he adver.
tiscs possession of it." There is world
ofmeaning in those words, which live
business man will not fail to appreci-
ate. That veteran Snowman and man.
ager, 7. I. Barnum, has asserted that
"the road to fortune is through prin-
ter's ink" Certain it is that when A.
I. Stewart, the great dry goods king,
said; Frequent and constant adver.
tising brought me all own," that the
truth and nothing but the truth was
told. There are several now we'll
known firms in Chicago that have
come to the front in remarkably short
order through persistent and judicious
advertising. They mAIhtained stea-
dy hammering within sound Of the
public ear through the medium Of the
press until attention was directed to
them, and an increase of business
came. Although conservative man
that he was, the millionaire Astor. Of
New York, was forced 10 admit that
success depends upon a liberal pat
ronage Of printing Office"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

than another. The man rules and the
man is protected in all his natural
rights and dignity, and not the acci-
dent of birth or poverty. When de-
mocracy processes to be aught but this,
which il was at the beginning, and
must be forever, it is spurious--an inn
pudent fraud and hypocritical sham,
devised, in nine cases out of ten, by
the devil and the federalist in some
dark conjunction of their wicked
powers.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

them, and there is an evident revival
of interest in the subject, which gives
peculiar timeliness TO the views Of
Senator Edmunds in the January
number of Harper's magazine. In
the Senator's opinion there is an ire
pressible conflict between this aspect
of Mormonism and the social and po-
litical systems of the rest of the coun-
try. The object of the Mormons is to
maintain their political supremacy in
Utah and the neighboring territories,
and to favor polygamy. The present
population of Utah is 143,963, more
than $4,000 of which number are per-
sons under age. The actual number
of plural marriages it is impossible TO
ascertain, but in 1866 it was estimated
to be third of the married males.
Plural marriage is a crime under
the United States law, and in the eye
of that law the Mormons, who hold
bigany to be a divine institution, are
n band of criminals associated to defy
the authority of the United States.
The government has endeavored 10
assert its authority. But to impannel
n jury in Utah without n Mormon is
almost impossible, and it is equally i'm
possible to prove both marriages, rs
the sealing" to saints" is done with
the utmost secrecy. But Mr.. Ed
munds is of opinion that, with suita-
BILE legislation and Il vigorous execu.
tion of the laws, the practice Of poly
gamy might be broken up within n
few years, and even with existing laws
aud persistent determination the evil
would succumb. If the people Of the
United States sincerely wish to extir-
pate it, the task would be easily ac-
complished by legal and peaceful
means. All aid by appropriation of
land should be refused to the Mormon
body, and, if necessary. the territory
might be annexed TO adjoining terri
tories, to merge and destroy the Nor
mon political ascendency.
This is different view from that Of
those who suppose that n vigorous at
tempt to suppress polygamy would be
followed BY long and desperate war,
requiring upon the side Of the govern
ment an army of not less than i50,-
600 men, and ending doubtfully and
in the desolation Of the interior Of the
continent. If there were any reasons
to suppose this to be true, nothing
would be more evident than that the
United States should repeal the statute
against bigamy, or deal at any cost
with criminals who defy its authority.
The bills introduced by Mr.. Willeis
open the whole question, all the die.
cussiou should close only with the
adoption of some positive policy to he
vigorously enforced. The supreme
court has held that the plea of religi-
Gus institution in the case Of bigamy is
not valid. and it could hardly have
held differently. The question is not
one Of those which decide themselves
by delay. As it stands. it is simply
question Of the power of the govern
ment to enforce obedience to the law.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
A Sad Case.
now EEsUTITUL WASHINGTON GIRL srENr
MIR CHRisTaAs

now AERsUTITUL wAsuiNGToN GIRL srLNT
MIR CHRISTMAS.
in Washington on Monday evening
4 rather unusual arrest for drunken
ness was made by the officers of the
Fifth precinct A young and attrac.
tive girl, about eighteen years Of age,
dressed in neat but elegant style, was
found in the early hours of the evening
in the Smithsonian grounds, surround.
ed by gang of roughs They bad
found her in the streets under the in.
fiuencs Of liquor, and had decoyed her
TO lonely spot to rob her of the Jew.
elry which she wore in profusion, aud
perhaps with other designs. They
we're interrupted by the arrival of the
officers, aud took TO their heels. The
young lady was taken in charge and
conveyed to the station. 1t was found
that she was no common character,
and her face, of more than ordinary
beauty, showed no traces Of a fast life.
The handsome furlined circular which
she wore was stained with the mud OF
the streets, where she had fallen in
her staggering progress. 4 costly hat
of the latest design was crushed and
battered almost beyond recognition.
Her dress, which was of a lovely
shade of empress cloth, and her we'll
selected jewelry and the other details
of her toilet, evinced a refined and
well.bred taste. From what could be
gathered from her incoherent and dis.
jointed talk il was evident that she
was a person of education and accus.
toned to good society. When she re-
allied her situation she began to cry
bitterly and call for her mother. 1t
was ascertained that she had left her
home in the upper part of the city
(the West End early in the day to
make call at the house of a friend.
While there she lunched and partook
rather freely of Christmas egg.nogg.
The liquor did not begin to have its
full effect until she started for her home
carly in the evening. She staggered
along the streets, and while in this
condition and almost unconscious she
fell into the hands of the roughs, with
the results above mentioned. HeP pa.
rents in their elegant home were igno.
rant of the terrible fate which had be-
fallen their loved daughter. This in
cident is . striking illustration of some
phases Of social life in the city.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

from some signal, fixed his eyes at the
window Of a mansion very little dis
tant from his hating place. A female
form cloaked and veiled, threw open
the easement, at the same bidding the
driver 10 advance. He did 40. and
when the carriage stood Immediately
at the door, beneath the lighted win
dow, tall aud handsome man iump-
ca out OF the vehicle and entered the
house. Short y after this two cIoaked
figures passed hurriedly down the
steps Of the principal entrance and has
tily entered the carriage, closed the
door, and requested the driver 10
speed like lightning" An old gen.
tleman, the proprietor Of the mansion
and the father ofthe artists inamorata
was q spectator Of the whole affair
and gliding softly from private door
mounted the rumble Of the carriage
and found himself whirled on the road
TO Milnburg, the lake port of the Mo.
bile packet.
The old fellow had caught them.
Inc IoVers were III the carriage. but
he was on the box. On ratified the
carriage 10 the steambort landing
Down jumped the father and opened
the door. What did he see? Could
it be! Yes, it was his own hostIer and
his daughters maid The afrigbted
servants descended from the carriage
and in an agony which was 80 exquis.
lily comic that the disappointed pater
iamilias could not refrain from smil-
ing, fell on their knees and begged
forgiveness. The prevailing mania
for elopement had seized them. Seeing
a carriage before the door, and being
under orders from the millionaire TO
watch the artists movements. they
thought TO thwart the elopement of their
mistress by using the artists carriage
for their own. Meanwhile the artist
and the lady were being married at
the house Of a friend.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

A beautiful thought in connection
with growing old was called out by a
discussion as TO which Is the happiest
season in human life. The decision
was left to an old man of so. Point
ing to a neighboring grove he said
When vernal airs call forth the first
birds and yonder trees are covered
with blossoms, | say how beautiful
spring is; when summer clothes them
with rich foliage and the birds sing IN
the branches, ! say how beautiful
summer Is when they are loaded with
fruit or bright with hues 70 early frost
] think how beautiful autum is: but
in serene winter, when there il neither
verdure nor fruit, look through the
leafleas boughs as could never before,
and zee the stars shine"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
Tive Lovers who Laugh.

New Orleans Letter in the IoaisviIis couer Journal
The talk Of the town is an elopement
that proved to be a Comedy Of Er-
rors." A rich old creole opposed the
marriage of his only daughter TO q
poor artist. One evening there was =
carriage drawn cautiously up 10 the
corner of the grand boulevard Es-
planada. There was an air Of mys-
terry in it movements. The driver
looked around and then apparently.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
AN ARCTIC STORY.

In the spring of 1910 a whaling YES.
sci sailed from the port of London,
upon Il voyage TO the Polar Seas.
Nothing material occurred until their
arrival in those solitary regions, when
1t became the duty of the crew TO keep
n perpetual lookout upon the horizon
in search of fish. Whilst thus occupied
II was fancied by one of the seamen
that sail was discernible. rs far TO
the northward rs the eye could reach.
AS the course Of the whaler was tow.
ard the supposed vessel, a mast gradu.
ally became distinguishable amidst the
mountains of ice, which appeared to
abound in the sea. 1t was now mid
summer, and in the afternoon unusual.
ly calm, whilst the whaler gradually
neared the object in view, the supposi.
ton being that it was a vessal enpag.
ed in operating upon the blubber in o
bay, which would open TO the view
upon approaching nearer to the ice.
Upon arriving however it became
clear that the vessel was a wreck en-.
bedded in the ice, and could only be
approached by boat. This having
been lowered, the captain and several
of the seamen landed upon the ice and
proceeded TO the vessel, which proved
TO be brig. The sails were furled
very little appeared upon deck, and
all the arrangements were those Of a
vessel laid up for n long time. De.
scending TO the cabin, the first object
that was seen was a large Newfound.
land dog coiled upon a mat, apparent.
ly asleep. Upon touching the animal
it was found to be dead and the body
frozen to the hardness of stone. En-
tering the cabin was next seen young
lady seated at a table; her eyes were
open. and gazing with mild and
steadfast expression upon the new
comers to that solitary spot. She was
dead and in that apparently resigned
and religious attitude had frozen to
death. Beside her was a young man,
who ii appeared was the brother Of the
lady and commander Of the brig. He.
too, was dead. but was sitting at the
table, and before him lay sheet of
paper, upon which was written the fol-
lowing words: "Our cook has endea-
vored, since yesterday morning, to
to light fire but in vain; all is now
over"
At the other side Of the cabin stood
cook, with flint and steel in his hand ,
frozen TO n statue, in the vain endeav-
or 10 procure that fire which alone
could save him and his companions
from the cold arms Of death. The
superstitious terrors of the seaman
now hurried the captain away from
the wreck, the log.book alone being
brought away; and from this it ap.
pearcd that the ill-fatcd vessel belong
cd to the port Of London, and had
sailed for the Arctic regions more than
fourteen years before.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
Why THE WINTER WILL. BE oprx.

Why THE WINTER WILL BE OPEx.
The following from the Allentown
Chronicle settles the question as to the
character of the approaching winter /:
John Il. Geehr, the veteran bank boss
of the Lehigh Canal in this section.
feels satisfied that We are TO have an
open winter The reason which the
Captain gives for this assertion is that
the muskrats are building their winter
quarters above water. In passing
along at Chain Dam and Hopes Lock,
the other day, the Captain observed a
dozen or more muskrat huts built on
stumps lying in the Lehigh river, the
huts being above the water level. Last
year not muskrat hut was observed
in the Lehigh river and the winter
was very severe one.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

HONE, SWEET HONE. In the
spring Of 1863 two great armies were
encamPed on either side Of the Rap.
pahanock river, one dressed in blue
and the other in gray. As the twilight
fell, the bands on the Union side began
TO play "The Star Spangled Banner"
and Rally Round the Flag" aud that
challenge Of music was taken up on
the other side, and they responded
with "The Bonnie Blue Flag" and
Away Down in Dixie" II was borne
in upon the soul of a single soldier in
one of these bands Of music % begin
a sweeter and more tender air. aud
slowly as be played it they Joined in a
sort Of chorus of all the instruments
upon the Union side until finally q
great and mighty chorus swelled up
and down the Home. Sweet
Home When they had finished there
was no challenge yonder, for every
band upon that further shore bad taken
up the lovely air 80 attuued to all that
IL holiost and dearest, and one great
chorus Of the two great hosts went up
10 God aud when they had finished,
from the boys in gray came a chal-
leDge, Three cheers for home = and
as they went resounding through the
skies from both sides of the river.
something upon the soldiers cheeks
washed off the stains Of powder. ~
y. Methodist.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC STATES

The San Francisco Bulletin SAYS
There is one railroad from the East 10
this coast now in 0peration-the Cen
tral and Union Pacific. There will
be second in operation this year,
known rs the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fee, also the Southern Pacific.
4 syndicate has taken hold of the
Northern Pacific, and it is confidently
predicted that that line will be com
pleted in the near future. The gov
ernment Of Canada has another road
on hand running on n line farther
north than the Northern Pacific. 1t
IS in large sense bound politically to
carry out the project. The road
across Mexico, known as the Tehuan-
tepec route, is being rapidly pushed
forward. DE Lesseps, by the aid Of
foreign capital principally, is about to
commence work on the Panama canal.
There is a strong movement among our
people. headed by General Grant, TO
construct another ship canal further
north by way of Nicaragua. There
Is, finally, the old route round Cape
Horn used by the clipper.
We have here four miles Of railroad
in addition to the one we have now in
operation, in various stages of compile.
tlon, running west, aud one canal,
with chance of two. The outlook
at this moment is that most, If not all
of these projects will be completed
within the next ten years. Onc, the
Aichison, Topeka and Santa Fe con-
necIion, will 20 into operation in a
week or two. il is not possible at this
moment to form anything but n very
loose estimate as 10 what all these
liucs of communication will cost. In
rough way it may be said that a..
0OO,OO0,OOO will not cover the outlay
on all Of them. This vast sum of mon.
ey Is 10 be invested TO enable passen.
ger. and freight from the Atlantic to
reach the Pacific. One of these lines
tho Southern Pacific. extending b.
the Gulf of Mexico-will give us
short route TO Europe. All the rail.
road and steamboat projections Of the
epoch are east aud west There is no
development of this kind north and
south-that is probably finished for
the present. East and wet i. the
true world movement.
But what is going to be the result Of
all these railroads, canals and water
ways heading this wayy The great
development of the next ten years will
be in what may be called the north
west The march of immigration is
now obliquely in that direction, found.
ing States As it advances. California,
Oregon, Washington Territory and
Alaska are about TO receive immense
accessions to their population. There
il not, as n matter Of fact, anywhere
else to 60. Texas is filling up too
rapidly for emigrants who have little
more capital than brawny arms. New
Mexico will never be able to support
a large population. To the great
northwest they must come. There is
TO be the limit of the movement to the
west. The railroads that are in ope-
ration and projected, the canals and
waterways that are to be constructed
are intended TO transact the business
ofthe coming millions. There are
now much more than one million peo.
pie on the shores Of the Pacific. There
are men in the prime of life who will
live to see ten millions in the same
regions.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

The stringent bills Of Mr.. Willets
to reorganize the territory Of Utah,
and to secure honest trials for bigamy
indicate a nenewal Of the attempt to
suppress Mormon polygamy which has
been so often foiled. The late Presi.
dent Garfield consulted with Mr.
Willets upon these bills, and approved