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FACTS AND FIGURES
Showing the Marked Improvement I'm
the Public Service Under
Democratic Rule.
What Has Been Accomplished i'm the
Way Of Clearing Up Bust.
ness by the
Third auditor of the Treasury
Creditable Exhibit in the
Pension Bareau.

WASHINGTON, September 1l.-Col. John
A. Williamson, Third Auditor of the
Treasury, to-day addres ssed a letter to the
Secretary of the Treasury, stating that on
the first day of May last, when he as
sumed the duties of Third Auditor, it was
notorious that the business of the office
was largely in arrears, the plea being that
the clerical force was not sufficient for the
prompt dispatch of the work. The pension
division was nearly year behind
in its examination and settlement of
the accounts of pension agents, involving
claims amounting to $75, ,967, 1856. The mis-
cellansous claims against the government,
including State war claims, amounted to
1857 ,Ff4. Some OF the work in the COL
lections division was over tW o years in ar
rears. In the horse claim division over
II 600 claims were pending and unsettled,
involving SIS, ,716, 1886. The unsettled ac-
counts of army commissaries amounted to
S., ASS, ,208. The unsettled accounts of en-
eineers amounted to S., ,556, 1926, making a
grand total of S104, ,527 ,OI7. In the short
space OF four months, ending on the 3lst
of August, and without increasing the cler-
icalIforce, Auditor Williamson says the ac-
counts OF all the pension agents have been
examined and settled up to the ] st of June
last, and the clerks in the division are
now examining and settling the accounts
of the last quarter, which is current work.
AS showing the improvement in the work
ing capacity of the clerks in that division,
he saws that during the months of May,
June, July and August o. 1884 1884 there were
examined and settled accounts aggregating
months Of 1885 the same clerks with ner-
haps three or four executions. examined
and settled s75,lO5.77S. These figures
make their own comment. In fhe horse
claims division SIS claims have been sd-
justed or rejected involying s76' '275- he.
sides carving on large amount of CORE
spondence necessary TO the nroner
disposal of the remaining cases. During
the same period in 1854 2OO cases were
disposed Of, involving S27.774. The ac.
counts of fac quaftermasters, commissa-
ries and 4ngineers are up as far as it is
possible for them to be, and the clerks in
these divisions are now engaged in current
work. The claims division. the collections
division and the horse claim division are
the only ones in arrears. and the character
of the work necessarily precludes the DOS
sibility of it being done promptly. This
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

The special emphasis that Senator
jackson, il hic ipe. III on education, lays
upon the value oi technical education to
the individual man, and through
him to the State, ought not to be
lost upon the wolkingmen CT Ten
nessee. His thorough analysis OF this
one phsse of the question proves him tc
be heartfelt friend OF the workinOmnn
Droves that he has heartfelt convictions
and sympsthies with the Iaborers OF the
land of all classee, and that he desires the
aaelioration of their condition ana TIE
betternent of it up to a standard 1t has mo-
vet reached anywhere in the United States
jackson, in all that he says on this head Il
broad and liberal, snd eonvinces hls read
ers that he is & growing man, Is up WITT
the times and means to be always equal t(
The demands of his position in tie United
States Senate.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

The great speech of Senator Howell Z
Jackson on the necessity for Federal aid
to public education, which was published
in the APPEAL of yesterday complete, was
the topic of the town, and it was generally
agreed that it was one OF the ablest
speeches eyer made in the State
on any topic at any time
and it was also agreed that it would fix
the status of Mr.. Jackson in the hearts and
minds of the people of the State as man
who is an honor and credit to them
in the place he fills in the United
States Senate. Elected to that place
under circumstances as surprising
30 himself as 10 the people of the State
and so jumping, as we might say, at
bound, into the highest legislative posi-
finn possible in the country without pre-
yious preparation, test or trisi, hi
iustifies in this speech his elec
ton. even if he had not b!
his previously conservative conduc
in the Senate. Not only the Democrat
but men of all parties can feel just prid
in a man who thus evidences the posses
sion Of the highest ability, and exercises
in pressing upon the attention oil ms con
stituents the most important measure ths
can be urged in Congress for their benet
and advancement.
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THY Boston Adrsrtiser voices the general
opposition Of the Elst to the national gov
.ernment having anything to do with the
Henuepin canal, when it says that "if it
is the province Of tho general government
to dig canal across IlliHcig, it is equally
its duty to complete the Case Cod canal,
to cut the Florida canal and other ditches
of greater or less extent which are, and
will be, demanded in every section 10
ahe name of interstate commerce." what
the people of the Northwest ought to do
is, the Advertiser suggests, "to follow the
example of those in New York who, at e
convention held the other day to consider
the project OF enlsrging the Erie canal, a
work as important and SO useful to the
country. at large and perhaps - costly AZ
the Hennepjn canal, voted down propo'
sition to spply to tine national government
for aid ~
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

1t is bel eyed that the proposed compile
ton of the railroad from Sheffield, Ala,
on the Tennessee river, to Birmingham
will revolutionize the coal trade of the
Mississippi Valley by the introduction Of
Alabama coal in lieu of that of Pennsyl.
vanis. From Sheffield, the northern ter
minus of the proposed Sheffield andi Bir-
miDgham railroad, water transportation can
be had to any part of the Mississippi Val
ley at cost lower than can be secured
from Pittsburg. In addition to this, the
Tennessee river rarely if ever becomes
gorged with ice, and seldom becomes sc
low as to prevent transportation during al
seasons of the year
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

JOHN KELLY is not dead but sleeping,
and he has habit of occasionally waking
up. When the habit is upon him he
makes himself heard, as he did the other
day when he sent letter to Tammany
instructing that tojy of political Indians
from Ireland who they should nominate
and support for sheriff. The little bosses
had already agreed upon another man,
but they had to give him up and unite on
the "boss's" man. 1t is evident from this
that Mr.. Kelly ls preparing to resume.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

The value Of a well-mansged sewer
system, by contrast with the old soil
saturating privy system, is made apparent
in Berlin, which is divided into twelve
districts, the sewage OF each beng
pumped to separate farms, where 1t is
utilized to an extent that almost reim-
burses the cost of all the labor and ex-
pence attending it. NJ. Durand-Claye
shows by recent statistics of the city that,
in the parts not yet connected with the
sewers, there has within year been one
case of typhoid fever to 8 $40 houses
and one death from that disease in every
forty-thi,d house, whereas in the severed
districts there was in the same time only
one case of such fever to 40 $40 houses
and one death from it to 137 5-l0 houses.
Huntsville, Ala, which is being scourged
bv typhoid fever, would do well to make
a note OF this and profit by it.
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The New Minister 10 Liberia

WASHINGTON, September 1.-THE Rev.
Moses A. Hopkins of Franklington, n G.,
appointed minister to Liberia, was born a
slave 10 Montgomery county, Va, and
of study and was graduated at Lincoln
University, Pennsylvania, in the class OF
1874, and also graduated at the Auburn,
n. y, Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
In addition to his services as a Presbyte-
risn clergyman, he has been engaged in
educational pursuits, and was the princi-
pal of the State Colored Normal School
at Franklinton, N. c., for several years
He was highly recommended for the posi-
ton by the governor and other officials oi
North Carolina, and by other men oi
prominence, including good many clergy
men and representative colored men of the
country
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

TIE two cases of burning 10 death in
New York, the particulars of which We
publish in another column, ought to be
warning to women everywhere. They
cannot, the generally infammable nature
of the material they dress in considered,
be too careful in handling matches, making
fires, or standing near them, or in handling
or filling oil lamps Two such heartrend-
ing cases as those we publish ought TO
serve as standing texts against carelessness
al f;,na
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BUNTYN, TENN.
The Case of Fair, the watch Thief, and
Mr.. President Hadden's Remarks.


Mr.. President Hadden's Remarks.
To the Editors of the Appeal:
NEAR BUNTYN, September Ill wish
you to give me space in your valuable and
widely circulated paper to set my neighbor
and friend, Mr.. T. B. Nabors, in his proper
light in regard to his dealings with Fame,
the notorious watch thief. In your issue
of day before yesterday Mr.. Hadden places
Mr.. Nabors in very awkward and untrue
light to his many friends at a distance, as
well as near home. In Mr.. Hadden's
remarks, as published, he states
that he considers those parties that have
been brought before him on the charge of
having bought watches from Fame as being
as bad men or worse than Fame himself
He puts Mr.. T. B. Nabors before the world
in light that no honest man can afford
to stand still and cay nothing without
being badly hurt. have nothing to say
about Mr.. Hadden's intentions. believe
they are good, but spoken hastily. l
simply wish, as one who has known Mr..
Nabors from his childhood unto the pres
ent, to come to his help at this time and
correct false impression that is
sure to follow Haddel's remarks, and
give a statement of Mr.. Nabors's dealings
with Fame. In the first place, Mr.. Nabors
never did buy a watch from Fame. The
facts are these During last ,pring's races,
on the last day of the races, this negro
Fame went into Nabors's store and repre-
senled himself as one OF the race gang.
| He said he had lost ali his money
and had to go away, and was compelled
to sell his watch for money to go with.
Mrs. Nabors bought. the watch, not
thinking that anything was wrong about
! his statement alb ut his connection with
the race men or the watch. That is all
| there is in it. Now permit me to say in
his behalf that have knoEn T. B. Nabors
and all of his folks for the past twenty.
( five years, and can truthfully say that
never heard of one of them doing a
crooked act. They are all strict mem
| bers Of the Methodist church. Mr.. Ma
bors is a Master Mason in good standing
and feel it nay duty as one perhaps who
knows more of him and his folks than any
one else here, to come to his help at this
time, when he is going tie rounds in thif
untrue light. Hoping this will be salts
factory to his friends and relatives here
and abroad, am, very respectfully,
| W, II, HUGHEH,
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OF contingent or extraordinary expenses.
But whatever the practice in this
respect may have been, he say!s;
it will be conceded that, If
unla 8ful. it cannot be too promptly dis
continued. The comptroller adds that the
records of the Treasury Department will
bear him out in the statement that from
time immemorable it has been the prac-
tice where public officer had received
money belonging to the government, to
which he was, for any reason, not entitled,
to make stoppage in his pay account un-
til the amount Illegally received has been
made good. In closing, the comptroller
suggests that the admiral bring suit for
the portion of his pay withheld, and 30 test
the whole question.
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by two lengths; Vertigo second, Osceola
third. Time-1:19i Vertigo paid S52
for place.
Second Raee.-Selling race, one and one
eighth miles, Starters: Haledon, Hornet,
Treasurer, Strabismus, Easter, Windsail,
Barney Aaron, Musk, Chanticleer and Gil
rofla. Giroha won by two lengths; Wind
sail second. Strabismus third. Time
2:004. Mutuals paid S41 so.
Third Race.-For all ages, to carry 100
pounds, one mile. Starters: Swift, Her
bert, Barnum, Cleaner, King Fan and
Charley Kempland. Cleaner won by a
length; Swift second, Barnum third.
Time-1 :453.
Fourth Race.-For all sges, handicap,
one mile and quarter. Starters: Kosci-
usko, Farewell, Olivette, Huron, Whizgig,
Blue Petpr, Little Dan and Woodfower.
Kosciusko won by two lengths; Wood
flower second, Farewell third. Time
2:14i.
Fifth Race.-Handicap steeplechase, full
course. Starters: Jim MCGOWAN, Tilford,
Abraham, Harry Mann, Ecuador and Jack.
Harry Mann won by hall length; Tilford
second, Jim MCGOWAN third. Time
5:l93. Mutuals paid SIPS Is.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

The Chicago Nears announces a novel
by Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, which, it
tells us, will be remarkable for the origin
ality and boldness of its thought-'many
will be shocked at some OF the subjects
discussed From this we infer that the
promised book will be quite as peppery as
some of the work Mrs. Wilcox has already
given to the public; in fact the boast is
made by those who profess to know that
it will create as much of stir as did the
pos-,s of Passion -
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The CarOiines Amir

BERLIN, September 1l.-It is officially
ansoanced that there has been no per-
sonsl correspondence between Emperor
William and King Alfonso regarding the
Carolines affair.
A special to the London Times tFom
Madrid confirms the report that the Span
ISL note to Germany expresses the hope
that Germany will recognize the prior
rights OF Spain to the Carolines, even to
the islands which German cruisers have
already occupied, and that Spain win inseri
in the Gazette an ample apology in the name
OF King Alfonso, the government and the
T! country for the insults to the German EN-
bassV
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

NEW YoRK, September 1l.-There was a
good attendance and good track at
Brighton Beach to-day. 1t was bad day
for favnrites.
race, three-quarters of mile. Starters
Glenbrook, Milton, Vertigo, Osceola, Gen,
Price, Bessie B., Restless, Ben Pryor, Bon
Soir and Rock and Rye. Bessie B. won
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SPORTING NEWS.
The Yacht Race Between the Puritan
and Genesta Another Flat
Failure from
Lack of Wind and Delay in Starting
Another Trial to Be Made
To-Day.
Exhibition Game of Baseball at Atlanta
Meeting Of the Southern
League.

New YORK, September 1.-To-day's
yacht race between the Puritan and Ge-
nesta for the Americas cup proved
another flat failure, for lack of wind and
delay in getting the yachts started. A
large number of steamboats,, steam yachts
and sailing craft accompanied the contest
ants over the course to the outer mark.
where the Puritan arrived at 5:37 :56, the
Genesta being then nearly two miles to
leeward of it. Both yachts were towed
back to the Horseshoe, from whence they
will start at about 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning The start was made to-day at
II 80 O'Clock, in fresh breeze from the
northeast and an ugly easterly swell.
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A Brutal Outrage.

LoSDoN, September 1.-Two men last
night approached the sentry on duty at
the powder magazine at Woolwich, and
before he could give sn alarm they seized
and beau him in a brutal manner, leaving
him lying half dead on his post. They
then attempted to enter the magszine, but
becoming alarmed at some noise in the
vicinity decsmped.
( Ldter.-1tis is now believed that the wounds
received by the sentry at the powder maya
zine at Woolwich were inflicted by him
calf
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

PARIS, September lit is stated here
that the protocol defining the r $50 Al
CHAN frontier, and giving Zulfcar and
Meruchak to AfGhanistan, was sigLed in
London yesterday.
The report that Russia and England had
signed the protocol delimitipg the Russo
Afghanistan frontier is confirmed. The
Afghan frontier commission Will meet in
November and complete the detail. NJ.
Lesser, the special Russian commissioner,
will return TO st. Petersburg Sunday, his
mission having beon completed.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

ter Sautory, Matte Shankle and Annie
Ssutory, New York j. Gusdofer and wife,
Vicksburg; W. D. Roberts, Dyersburg; 81.
@. Porter, Newbern; E. J. Crossett, De-
View, Ark; Mrs, Elise Shepherd and Miss
Maggie Minor, city; Misses Callie Moore,
city, and Carrie Dent, Vicksburg; Louis
Volmer, Little Rock; w. J.. Mcdonald,
Newport, Ark: G. B. Howry, Oxford; D.
81. Hamilton, Wittsburg; P. @. Hicks, Ar
kansas; J. w. Small, Bartlett; j. A. Tug
gle, Capleville; Mrs. A. j. Holroyd, Mrs.
L nj Chollis R-o@nsvill-. 9 d IT,
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M1scEGENATIok in South Carolina is i'll
process of suppression by the supra dor
sum nudea process, and very recently, as
the telegraph elsewhere tells, the birch
broom has been falling on black and white
alike, and both women as well as men are
made to feel uncomfortably warm lin the
region where they sit down." as Artemus
Ward once said. White men will not be
permitted to indulge in black wives, noI
black men in white. So say the regulators
at the end of birch broom with sting
in it. Miseegenation will not be tolerated
in South Carolina, and it ought not to be
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

OTTAWA, ONT, September 1l.-Petitions
are being ceived daily at the State d :
paitnent, pray ing that RiePs sentence may
be commuted. O.her petitions praying
that the law may be allowed to take its
course are being received from the North
west. The Citizen, government organ.
says that as the execution of Rel cannot
take place without instructions from OF
tawa, the government will withhold the
order for his execution until the case shall
have been argued before the Privy
Iounoit
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DisestabIishment Of the scotch Church.

LONDON, September lI.-Mr. Gladstone
and Lord Roseberry have each written a
letter for publication, stating that the
question of the disestablishment of the
Scotch Church ia purely matter for Scot
land to desl with, and ought not to be
made a test question at the coming Parlia-
mentary elections. AT toe last session OF
Parliament there we're 1861 petitions, with
500 O22 signatures against the Church of
Scotland disestablisbment bill, and only
zoos petitions, with 2779 signatures, in fa,
yor of the bill.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

WASHINGTON, September 1l.-Gen sse
for the re.ignations Of VIVA. p. 1itco ib,
Assistant Register, and HartEell Jenis In
Charles Wells, Arthur Hendricks, J. 81
Beatty and n. b. Walker, chiefs of di
vision in the Registers office. The resig
natio are demanded, the Register says
so as to secure unbiased judgment enc
cordial cooperation in any changes tina
may be necessary for the good OF the pub
lie service. The Register haf found tha
the officials whose designations he hal
asked are not in sympathy with him il
the reforms which he proposes in hi
office, and fog that reason desires to re
place them with men spoa whom he cal
ralu
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A Good Game of Rasban at Grenade.

GRENADA, MISS, September 11.-By far
the best and most Interesting game of
baseball that has ever taken place in Gre.
NADIA, or in the State, occurred this evening
between the Stars OF Oxford and W. S.
Murphy5 of Canton, in the presence of
over 500 people. The game was won by
the Murphys by score of to l. The
Murphys had pitcher from New Orleans
and one or two foreigners, while Oxford
played Mississippi boys. Harry Mariz
superior in the State.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-12

THE D. t;cture of the thrift and enterprise
of Dyersburg, which our correspondent
draws, is one that will not make any draf'
ON the Imagination. 1t is founded on fact
Dyersburg is the center of very rich
country, the farmers of which understand
the value of grains and grasses and rota'
ton of crops. They also appreciate good
fences aud substantial barns and out
houses kept in good repair; hence their
continual prosperity and the growth OF
their county town. They illustrate the
value Of intelligent farming and of con-
slant industry, and of the independence
that comes OF both.
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PINE BLUFF, ARK.
a Murderer OF Woman secures n Change
of Eenue.
ESPECIAL TO THE ArPKAL.l

PINE Bluff, September 11.-Robert
Burns, who not long since murdered
woman in Lincoln county, took change
of venue and to-day was safely lodged in
this jail. He sought the hand of the
much OF rapture he buried the murderous
blade in her iugular vein and she expired
in a moment. The probabilities are that
he will be awarded hemp necktie at an
early day.
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awa,, TIL the Cloud. Roll BY. Love.

But the clouds won't roll by" as
long as dyspepsia holds its cruel grip.
Dyspepsia beelouds the the mind, confuses
the understanding and darkens the do
mestic circle. Browns Iron Bitters makes
short work OF dyspepsia. Mrs. III. L. Tay-
lor, Lynchburg, S. O., says: 81 have used
Browns Iron Bitters for dyspepsia, with
favorable results. l believe it is all it is
represented to be-" Ask any druggist what
is the experience OF his patrons who have
used this great tonic.
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BASEBA ALL.
Rxhibition Game at Atlanta.


ATLANTA, GA, September 11.-Atlanta
and Chattanooga played an exhibition
game to-day, the former winning by q
score of IL to g. Sullivan and Clark were
the battery for Atlanta and Connor and
Cox for Chattanooga. A meeting of the
directors of the Southern league will be
held here tomorrow, at which meeting
the time of closing the league schedule
will be settled. Other matters of impor-
tance are to be acted upon.
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ESTABLISHED 1910.

BLAINE will not be very dangerous
quantity in 1888. He has already been
counted out by the West in the person OF
John Logan, and now comes Gov. Long OF
Massachusetts, and, speaking for New
England, assures the Republicans gener-
ally that the ''msn from Maine," having
missed the opportunity of his life, is dead
and done for
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PONTeToC, MISS.
Result of the Primary EIeetions Held
sn Tuesday.
[ooRREsroSDKxoE OF TIE ArPKAL.l

[coRREsPoSDENoE OF TIE APPEAL.l
PoNToToo, September 8. Pontotoc
county held her primary election yester-
day. Capt. 7, J. Crawford was nominated
for Representative and Col, James Gordon
for Floater, to represent fontotoc and
Union counties in the next Legislature.
w. w. Girhsn was nominated for re-elec'
ton as sheriff and w. ]. Ahernethy fDr
reelection as treasurer ot the county.
James H. Rutledge received the Homina,
ton for county assessor. The utmost
harmony prevails aud all the NOMINEE;
will be triumphantly elected in Noyem'
ber. Both Legislators will support George
and Walthall for United States Senators