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Russian Petroleum Fields

ST. PETERSBURG, March l9.-The
government has taken steps to
thoroughly develop the petroleum
fields Of the Peninsula OF ApsheroD,
on the weft coast CT the Caspian sea.
1t has called convention OF scientists,
engineers and oil producers to meet at
Baku, on the south side OF the PENN
suls, on Msrch 9th, 10 discuss plans
for the promotion Of the oil trade.
Among the problems which this con-
gress is desired by the government to
solve are the best methods for build
ing up large trade in the export Of
petroleum, and the best standards and
rules to adopt. They ale also TO con-
slider the subject Of exempting from
duty all articles utilized in the bust
ness of producing and refining petro.
leum and the best means to improve
the harbor of Baku 80 az to facilitate
the shipment OF OIL.
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A JUST CLAIM,
Fairly and Frankly Presented, IL
Endorsed by the Appeal.

We have much pleasure in copying
the following from ths Chattanooga
Times Of yesterday and indorsing it
as true, every word Of It. The Times
is credit to the State and to journal
ism:
The CHAT anooga Times issued yes
terday was certainly the handsomest
and completest newspaper ever
printed in this city, 1t is the most
perfect paper we have seen from
a Southern office aud fully up
to the highest standard reached
anywhere. The telegraph service was
especially full and interesting, our late
special dispatches being very import
ant and covering wide space on both
sides OF the Atlantic. The local and
neighborhood news was the most cen
sstional we have been called on to
print in a long time, and
the whole was very handsomely
served by our news editors, COM
positors and pressmen. On the whole
we shall not overdo II we say the
Times is now model. 1t is by far
the most elaborate journal printed
ia a town OF Chattanooga popu-
lation in the United States. Indeed,
it is in all respects better paper than
most towns OF double our size are
served withS-at home. We are
not Boosting, only stating facts cal.
culated to show our most casual read
ers that we keep pace to the music Of
Cha'tlnooga's progress-being several
stems in advance OF the procession.
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Now Orleans Races.

New ORLEANS, March 10. The
weather was cloudy and threatening,
and the track slow.
First Race For beaten horses, all
ages, to carry 100 pounds, sixteen fur
longs. Won by Queen Esther by two
lengths; Leonard second, Charlie
Lucas third, beating Little Charley,
Time 30.
Second Rd0.-Selling allowances;
seven furlongs Won by Ligan by
hall length; Claude Brannon second,
Hot Box third, beating Dick Watts's
Violin, Brevet and Blizzard. Time
1876.
Third Rdcc-Welter weights and
selling allowances, three-quarters of a
mile. Won by Baton Rouge by half
a length Joe Shelby second, Bee Jay
third. Time -l:2l.
Fourth Race.-For three-year-olds,
three-quarters OF a mile. Won by j.
II. Fenton by half length; Ida l..
second, Leon Ora third. Tims-1:2ll,
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MEMPHIS APPEAL.
SATURDAY, :: MARCH 20, 1856
NEGRO EMIGRATION.

For come time the colored laboreB
Of particular portions Of the southern
country have been showing discor-
tent with their condition and sur
roundings, and many OF them have
moved into other districts where the
reward ci .abor is better and the pros
pee. o. improving their circumstances
more encouraging. In some quapers
the colored labor is deserving resent
ment is manifested, and even calls
made for a law punishing agents and
Others who assist emigration. Such
opposition to a very natural and very
usoiu. movement is unwise and un.
warranted. II men leave spot
where their wages are small for one
where the pay is better, while legiti-
mately seeking their own good they
are doing best for the couDtry's well
fare. Where the pay is low it is be-
cause the proht from LABOR is lees than
where 1t is better, and every one can
see that the country is most benefited
by ite labor being employed where 1t
will be most profitable. In the change
he makes the negro follows a natural
and proper tesire to improve his con-
ditiOn. He is his own master, and
has perfect right to do what, while
strictly lawful, adds 10 his comfort
and his prosperity. Any attempt ia
obstruct a natural tendency, one that
when carried out is lawful and sd-
vantsgeous to the national welfare,
can end only in modification and dis
appointment to those who shortsight-
edlv seek TO ODD Sc and defeat il.
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For a country to prosper as II has
capacity TO do, and to command that
respect among other nations every
patriot wishes his own country TO pos
seer, human life must be safe. To be
safe it must not only have the pro-
lection Of the law, but also OF the
moral sentiment of the community.
"Tkou shalt do no murder" is COM
mAnd from the highest authority man
can reverence, aud obedience to 1t is a
sort OF moral thermometer which un-
erringly records the influence religious
principle has upon a community.
Where murder is prevalent there is
either very little religion or what there
Is is/ of a very spurious kind, the
empty show that says 81 co." but
never enters the vineyard where the
fruit is human goodness. Either from
decr6a,e in the quality or in the
quantity Of religion possessed in Mem
phx, there have been more
murders and attempts at murder
OF late than for some years past.
Or does the cause lie in relaxed
administration OF the law? Have its
officers, whose special duty 1t is TO re-
press crime, fallen back toward that
remissness in guarding human life
which YVES at one time reproach to
Memphis2 To repress the frequent
bloodsbed the Legislature provided
the necessary laws, and an upright
and resolute Judge 80 administered
them that an entire change took place,
and the reproach was removed. The
prevalent cauFe OF murder bad been
the custom OF carrying conc6 aled
Weapons, owing 10 whoss presence
dee DIS were done in hot blood at which
their perpetrators we've aiterward in
many cases honifed, but no repent
ancs could relieve them from the
stigma Of murder" The change was
made by requiring the police, when
ever they arrested a prisoner, or when
ever they discovered in other ways
that weapons we're orc;aled about
the srson, to make that fact distinct
charge, Tea. fact proved, our upright
Judge gave for such breach Of a most
important law corresponding sem
tence. Fine and Jail produced
their effect, and would-be murderers
ceased to carry the weapons Of prepa-
ration for crime about them. II there
Is relaxation upon this point, II the
carrying Of concealed weapons is once
again becoming practice in this city,
and II this is consequence Of remiss-
ness OF duty in official quarters, pub
lie opinion should not be apathetic,
but be strongly expressed, lest the
fearful curse we had with no little
trouble subdued once more raise its
blood-stained face among us, II our
religious bodies TO their prayers for
the salvation OF Memphis will add
their wide influence toward REFRESHING
the carrying of concealed murderouS
weapons, the practice will cease as it
did before.
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NASHVILLE.
The Chess Championship.

NEW ORLEANS, La, March 19.-Dr.
Zukertort and Mr. Steinitz commenced
playing the seventeenth game in the
worlds championship tournament
soon after l O'clock this afternoon.
The opening was on the queens
gambit declined, and was drawn on
the fifty-second move Timc-Zuker-
tort, :35; Steinitz, 2:35. At the con-
clusion of the game there was as many
members of the club present as the
rooms could accommodate comfort
ably. Interest in the contest seems to
be increasing. The next game will be
played Monday.
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strong, but have they mo- contributed to
produce reaction by fostering specula-
ton too far, and should they not now
put on the brskts?' An article like
this from such high authority as the
Bulletin will arouse anxious thought.
In some papers it might have looked
like an attempt TO cut the ground from
under the feet Of the striking work
nen, but the Bulletin will scarcely be
regarded as likely to state such start
ling facts torso unworthy purpose.
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Warm weather In England.

LONDON, March l0,-The weather
has suddenly become oppressively
warm. The thermometer to-day has
registered $40 in the shade. 1t hrs
risen $40 since Wednesday night.
This sudden and rapid change from
the long spell Of wintry weather which,
with heavy snow-storms, has prevailed
over Great Britain for several weeks
past, to almost the summer heat Of
this latitude, overlook the people al
most entity unprepared and has
proven extraordinarily oppressive and
troublesome. In Paris there has been
similar rise in the temperature and
several persons have been attacked by
snnsirOke.
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Russin's war PREPARATION.

VIENNA, March 19.-Itis semi'olfiti'
ally announced that Russia is mnfsing
a large number of troops in Bessarabia.
The object is supposed TO be to eXer-
else pressure upon Prince Alexander
Of Bulgaria, whom the Russians sus-
pect OF conspiIing with England TO
permanently cement the present union
between Bulgaria and Eastern Rou-
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sOcIaIistic Outbreaks in Belgium

BRUSSELS, March 10 The parade of
unemployed Socialists in Liege, the
iron manufacturing center OF Belgium,
last evening resulted in diserderly
demonstrators. A mob composed OF
socialists and the worst classes of the
people took possession Of many of the
sire sts, shouCng "Down with the cap.
itaists w"Down with the bourg c oitie,"
and attacking the shops. They
wrecked all the cafes and sacked all
the shops in the Rue Leopold. The
gendsrmes fioally attacked the mob,
and after severe fight, in which
many Of the rioters were wounded,
succeeded in clearing the streets and
restoring order. Several hundred So.
cialists who tcok an active part in the
riot have been placed under arrest.
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A STARTLING BUSINESS STATE
MINT

The New York Bulletin has IN ar.
ticle upon the present condition of the
banks, which is OF much interest as
throwing light upon the nature Of the
late improvement in the business Of
the country. Last Saturdays New
YORK bank statement showed another
increase Of $4,34S,OO0 in the average
Of loans. "The amount reported"
says the Bulletin, 1855, SSs. 500, is
larger by about 100000 than has
ever been reported in any other yea,
snd j. occurs at season, too, when II
is the more significant. This expan-
sion Of loans has been going on since
last May with scarcely any interrup.
ton. The increase in volume has been
22.4 per cent, yet there has been no
corresponding increase OF legitimate
business in any aspect. Last year at
the same time the payments through
the clearing. house were little more
than double the amount OF the cash
held, this year they exceed the cash
helC more than four times. In various
wsys the increase in payments
mads epresents something more than
legitimate business. Satisfies prove
that the volume OF products actually
nut in motion to consumers WAS larger
the last week of last May than il was
last week, while the payments required
in legitimate business, as far as can be
measured, must have been larger than
now Yet the hanks have increased
ther payments at New York 42.l per
cent, and their lcans pa per cent.
The only solution OF this position Of
things is readily found in the enor-
nous increase of speculative dealings,
AS many speculalions are safe it does
not follow that the banksare unsound,
or that they have made loans reck-
lessly, especial y as they have a sur
plus o! more than S90,OO0,0OO. The
question IA whether they have not
beer making business unsound by
stimulating speculation when there
was need OF unusual restraint Inn
mense quantities OF wheat are held on
specalatipn, keeping it from a market
abroad, Have not the bank loans by
which this has been Zone subjected the
country 70 the rislY OF some rock OF
disaster? So Of cotton, in which more
thar s6O0O0,oOO Is invested by othe4
than the producers, causing foreign
Consumofs to le9k supplies elsewhersl
Months ago ktrong desire arose to
promote reYiyal oi trade, A hope
IN face wssfut on encouraging facts
were pub9hed and discoursging ones
kop, guiE men Of business induced
the Tre6 10 give rose-colored state
meuis; fc,iuns were manufactured
truths were suppressed, and business
was believed TO have improved beyond
whG. was really the case, the popular
impression being greatly exaggerated
The consequence is extensive labor
strikes, thsworking people believing
what Business men told ant
the Journals published. For month";
These reports have been given
dsmsnds for higher wages ant
move favorable terms to labo
have followed, and it is not ttrang,
that The working people believed i
night to ask more than the actual con
dillon OF business warranted. Tn,
banks had a vast surplus and ID,
temptation to aid speculation wal
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Ia the nenr Old Dn,s

We differ in creed and politics, but
we ere a unit all the same on the de-
sirableness Of a fine head Cf hair. II
you mourn the loss OF this blessing
and ornament, a bottle OF two Of
Parker's Hair Bslsam will make you
look as you did in the dear old DAYS.
II is worth trying. The only standard
80 cents article for the hair
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Trotting Races az LnlonIn Park.

CINCINNATI, o.. March l9-lt is an
nounced that the Latonia Agricultural
Association, which is the same organi-
zation as the Latonia Jockey Club,
will inaugurate this season mann
moth agricultural fair, with trotting
races on its extensive grounds at Gov
ington, Ky. Five days, from August
oath to 2Sth, are the dates for the
openinp exhibition.
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No. 594S, R.D.-In the Chaneery Court Of
Shelby county, Tenn.-C. i. Qqintard'
Trustee, VS.. W. Heaihman et al.
II appearing from amended phi sworn TO
Martin Heatnman.is a resident ct Suntower
county, Stats Of Mississippi, and nOn'resi-
dent Of the State of Tennessee;
1t is therefore ordered, That he make
his appesrance herein, at the courthouse
nj Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or
before the first Monday in April, 1886,
and plead, answer or demur toeomplalnant
bill, OF the samelwill be taken for comic: sed
as TO him and set for hearing OK Parte
once a week, for four successive Weeks,ln the
Memphis Ar cal, This February Is, 1885,
A copy attest:
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France and Germany,

BERLIN, March 19.-The National
Zeit,,ng and other papers contain SINH
lar arucles to that of tho Post yeste'-
dav, attacking France. In military
and political circles it is feared that
NJ. de Freycinct will be powerless to
oppose the desire OF partisans for re-
venge.
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Mr.. BRoADHURsT, the first English
workingman to become a Cabinet Min
ister is described as a sturdy, thick
set man, with q determined mouth
and a merry twinkle in his eye. His
determination and his humor so to
gether to make up an admirable char
acter. They enable him to be per-
sistent and pleasant at the same time.
He is as shrewd as he is sentimental
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nn1rarns in yreInnI

KILLARNEY, March ia carrier
named Neill was attacked and beaten
until unconscious last night while con-
veying goods from Killarney to Mala..
hate for the Curtin family, the head
at which was murdered by moon
lighters last November. The carrier g
Injuries are serious, and it-is-tsaFed
NAV prove fatal.
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A Remedy for Lung Diseases.

DR.. Robert Newton, late president Of
the Eclectic Coll eye, OF the city OF New
York, md formerly of Cincinnati,
O., used ~ Nm. Halls Bslsam very
extensively in his practice, as many Of
his patients, now living, and restored
to health by the use Of this invaluable
medicine, can amply testify. He al
ways said that 80 good a remedy ought
to be prescribed freely by every ply
stefan as a sovereign remedy in al
cases Of lung diseases. 1t cures con-
sumption, and has no equal for all
pectorRl complaints.
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lAILYlND WEEKLYAPPElL
on sURsCRIPTION.
70 Contributors and Correspond
ents.

70 Contributors and Correspond
ents.
Concentrations for publication must be
g-iftsn On one side Of the page only, and,
with Al other matters connected with the
editorial depart nent, should be addressed
70 TEs RDIroR OF rHE APPEAL, Memphis
Ter
srs;elss not found suitable for publication.
ON mail books are kept By postoihces, and
ret by individual names.
We solicit letters and communicatlons upon
srh octs Of general Interest, but tuch must
always be accompar led By the name and
address Of the Sriter, asa usTantoe Of nls
good faith and re possibility. No notice
san be taken Of antnynoui eommunioa-
tons. s
of5oe 10 another, the names OF both post
ofhoes should be siven,
Specimen copies sent free OF charge;
BaSipesI letters should be addressed;
GALLAwAY a HEATING,
NJ. c. GALLAwAY,( 2s2 Second street,
IN KRATIso, Memphis. Tenn.
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z APPEAL---sATURDAY. MARCH 20. 1ss

aud has keen eve for the practical.
He is as great iavorite in what are
cflled the upper circles Of politicians
as any in the House He is = devout
Wesle,ae, a wido ser, lover cf good
story aud quiet dinner.
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onno..,, ~ Uoue RuIe for ireland

BELFAST, March l9.-The Belfast
Liberals, in a convention Just held,
adopted resolutions pledging them
selves to oppose the granting OF home
rule to Ireland and to advocate the
extension Of the local government sys-
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FIoods I'm GarmnnY.

BERLIN, March l9.-The snow and
ice throughout Germany are thawing,
and floods are rep orted in many parts
of the empire.
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banquet 10 Pasteu1

PARIS, March ia number of the
American residents Of Paris will give
a banquet 10 M. Pasteur ON April IA.
United States Minister McLane will
nrasidp.
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KNOCKED SKY HIGH.
THE NASHVILLE-MEMP GAME
WON BY THE
Blum City Boys by n Score Of IL
10 6-DetaiIs OF the
Game.
IsPEcIAL TO rag APPEAL.I

NASHVILLE, March IA fair crowd
saw the game between Memphis and
Nashville to-day. Nashville put in a
local amateur who had never before
played professional game. He was
slugged terrifically. Memphis did not
play great game, but won with the
stick. Every man in the Mem
phis team got one or more
hits except Sneed. Base hits.
Memphis II, Nashville Z; assists,
Memphis 10, Nashville 10; errors,
Memphis 8, Nashville 4; two-base hits,
Black, Andrews, Fusselbach, White
head and McVey; three. base hit,
Hillery; base on balls, Ware /,
0'Leary 4; struck out, 0'Leary 3,
Ware 2. Teams for to-morrow's game
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Tho Cermnn Keiehstng.

BERLIN, March 19.-In the Reich
stag to-day the sugar duties bill was
rejected on its second reading.
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~ HAVE REEN AFFLICTED with an az
lection OF the throat from childhood,
caused by dphtheria, and have used
various remedies, but never found
anything equal to BRowN's BRoNCmAL
TRoCuES. Rec, G. Z. Hampton, Pike
ten, KB, Sold only in boxes,
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melia by maintaining his claim to
life title 10 the Governorship Ct the
later country, Russia claiming that
his term is limited TO five years.
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FhEAFNESS-Its CAUSES and CT SE,t
orc who was deaf tWenty-oight year
'.rsated by most OF tho noted specialists0t
the d " With 40 benefit CURED HNsKIFlt
three months. ami since then hundreds Os
others by same process. plain, simpis and
successful home treatment. Address 4 -
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EVERY BODY is glad tia. Mr., Edisen
is married They want him 10 invent
meth Oh whereby the ba6y's mid
night shrieks will be carried OF OF
wire to inlhteu away the cats on the
roci.-Ndc0a Telegraph
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No Boon That science has Conferred

that which has accrued to the inhabitants OF
mRlarial ridden portions Of the United
States aud toe Tropics from tho use cfetlSs-
letters Stomach Bitters. The experience Of
many years has but too clearly Demonstrated
the inefiiciency OF quinine aad other drugs
to etectually combat the progress of inter-
fevers, while on the other hand, IL has been
no less clearly shown that the use Of the
Buters, medicine congenial TO the iraile;t
constitution, and derived from purely bo-
tanic sources, affords a reliable safeguard
nrainst malarial disease and arrest il when
developed. For disorders o, the stomach,
liver and bowels, for general debility and
renal inactivity, il is also most efficient
remedy. Appetite and sleep are improved
by il, 10 eXpels rheumatic humorS from the
blood, and enriches circulation impoyer-
ishod by mnl-nssimilatIOn.
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PORTER AND GRANT.
A Very Grave Mistake Of Gen.
Dents Corrected.

New YORK. March 19.-Gen. Porter
was to day shown the following from
the Evening Telegram of March 18th
from Washington: Gen. Dent, who
is Gen. Grants brother-in-law, while
speaking upon the Fitz John Porter
bill, said that he was at the White
House when Porter called and asked
for second court-martial, 81 never
heard man so positive in his con-
victions. He said he had carefully
gone over the brief, and was satisfied
that the findings of the court We're
correct. lie turned to Gen. Porter,
and, in tone of surprise, said: Gen.
Porter, YOU should never want to have
this case reopened. You should never
ask for another trial. There is too
much evidence against it. Why, l
find evidence enough to have war
ranted your conviction and execution.
You got off remarkably easy. Had |
been Il member OF that court, consid-
ering the testimony a, it appears,
should have been compelled to vote
to order YOU shot | do not know
what reasons Gen. Grant had to
change his mind, That has always
been amystcry to me.
Gen Porter ut once stated that the
above was an error throughout; that
he never saw Gen. Grant ut the White
House; that he never called there or
saw Gen. Grant during his Presidential
term; that Gen. Gmntnever expressed
such opinions in his hearing; that ON
the contrary he favored the re-opening
of the case by President Johnson, and
would have issued the order for that
purpose with the Presidents approval
II he had not received Il letter from
Gen. Pope putting a different version
on the matter; that on Thursday, Sep
TENDER ~, 1867, he told Gen. Porter to
return to his home in New York, and
on Tuesday next he should have the
order issued converting the court at
West Point. The cause of the above
change of view, and of his subsequent
change in favor of Gen, Porter, is
given in his letter of November %,
1883, now published. He who cannot
understand that letter and others on
the same subject must be stupid in
deed.
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Northeastern Notice.

BOARD Of Funding commissioners OF Shelby
SS t,.,,r;s,s I'LL Tixx March ?. 1854.