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Year: 1873

we'll Also to offer liberal reward for the
conviction of the Colfax assassins. Those
who condemn most severely the measures by
which he intruded himself into Office will
most cordially approve his vigorous prosecu-
tion of the authors of this terrible massacre.
But Kcllogg's attempt to throw the odium
of the Colfax affair upon Mr.. McEnery Is
the trick of demagogue. In his letter to
the Encouragement of the State he assumes
that the riot in New Orleans on the 9th Of
March and the slaughter on the banks Of
Red river on Easter Sunday were connected
incidents of an armed conspiracy by McEn-
cry and his supporters to overthrow the 60
vernment; and he directs prosecution to be
instituted against McEnery for treason, or
''levying war against the commonwealth" !"
Anywhere but in Louisiana threat Of this
kind would be ridiculous; but Mr.. Kellogg
has already done such extraordinary and
uncxampled wrongs through his courts
that we cannot pronounce any perversion OF
Justice too gross o-be possible in those tri-
bunals The behavior of Gov McEnery,
under the usurpation which deprives him Of
his Office, has commanded general sympathy
throughout the country. He has lost no
proper occasion of asserting his rights, in a
peaceqble way, but he has always urged his
followers to- refrain from violence; and al
though the origin of the riot on the 9th OF
March is not known, we may say that it was
so indirectly at variance with McEnery's
policy that the probability of his connection
with it is extremely remote. AS for the
Grant massacre, there is probably no man,
north or south, who imagines that McEenery
had anything to do with it. Mr.. Kellogg
himself does not believe his own accusations.
He speaks of it as ''the result" as McEnery's
"treas5pable acts against the State govern
ment." We know on the contrary that it
was the result Of Kellogg's own usurpations,
the direct fruit of that antipathy OF race
which he has done more to foster than any
other man in the Sonth. He has taught
the blacks that with law or without it, with
votes or without them, it is their privilege
to rule the conquered and humiliated State.
He has taught the whites that for them the
ballot box.is no protection, and the courts are
closed By an act Of pure despotism he has
set up an ignorant minority in power, intru.
Ged them into all the Offices, given them full


liberty to tax and to steal; and the educated
majority he has kept down with the bayonet.
A bitter antagonism between the two classes
whom he has thus arrayed in hostility was
the inevitable consequence. The spirit of
disorder is evidently spreading throughout
the State, and we have not yet seen the full
measure of the wicked work which Kellogg
-and77sftse R.AsidaA. have accomplished be-
tweed them.
Year: 1873

From an Occasional CorrespOndentl


MAsON's DEPOT, July 9.-During my
short sojourn here | had the pleasure Of
meeting and converslng with several
intelligent planters from these counties,
accepted an invitation to dine at the
residence of one of the most successful
planters Of Upton with the bellies Of
Louisville and st. Louis, and viii give
you a synopsis of the information SO
pleasantly gathered. They estimate the
area planted in cotton greater than the
past year, but the excessively wet spring
compelled the majority Of planters to
turn out about half and that now under
cultivation is at least two or three weeks
behind the usual growth. These facts,
coupled with the additional one that the
''katydids" began TO sing the first Of
July (the farmers index Of frost in
three months), persuade me to think
that the crop Of the present year will
fall short of that Of the past one.
May not, however, the apparently disas-
trous spring prove q blessing in dis
guise, as the unvarying laws Of supply
and demand must certainly fix the
value Of every article in market, and
when the crop is small the demand VIII
necessarily be great and the price high.
And 1 think may safely assert that the
history of cotton establishes the fact that
a short crop puts more money into the
pockets of the producer and increases
the material prosperity Of the country
to greater extent than a large one.
Year: 1873

The Detroit Free Press chronicles one
of those heroic incidents with which the
lives of most railroad engineers abound,
as happening recently to Frank Dolan,
an engineer on the Lansing road. He
was coming III on wet track with a
heavy train, and soon after leaving a
station, put on more steam to make mp
for lost time The train was running at
the rate of about twenty five miles an
hour, when Dolan caught sight of man
on the track, about half a mile ahead
He was certain that the man was deaf
from the way he walked, but he opened
the whistle and rang the bell. The man
paid no attention to the sounds, and Dol
an whistled for brakes. They did not
take well, and although the engine was
reversed, it was plain that the pedestrian
would be run down unless something was
done promptly. Dolan ran forward over
the engine and down on the cow catcher.
By this time the pedestrian was not more
than three hundred feet away, and was
trying to walk ON one of the rails, sway
ing this way and that, but apparently
not feeling the rumble of the train, as 1t
naturally would be expected he would
Dolan, leaning forward, reached foot
beyond the cow-catcher, and, as the train
came close upon the mans heels, struck
him in the back with both fists. The
victim was not on the rail at that moment
and he caught it with his feet as he went
over. SO that he was whirled around
lengthwise of the track, and was cut in
the scalp by some portion of the first
pair of trucks. He was foundering in
the ditch when the train stopped, and,
when he found out what the fuss was
about, he squared off and wanted to whip
somebody. He was so deaf that the
railroad employees had to scream in his
ears to make themselves heard, and so
mad that he would not let them examine
his wound or do anything for him. He
was recognized as farmer living near
there, but would not even accept a free
ride home
Year: 1873

The road to Heaven by Christ was made,
In heavenly truth the rails were laid;
From Earth to Heaven the line extends.
To life eternal, where it ends.


Repentance is the station then,
Where passengers are taken in,
And where there is no fee to pay,
For Jesus is himself the way.


The Bible is tie engineer.


1t points the way the Heaven so clear:
Through tunnels dark and dreary here,
1t does the way 10 glory steer.
God s love the fire, His truth the steam,
Which drives the engine and the train;
All you who would to glory ride,
Mast come to Christ, in Him abide.
Come, then, poor sinner, now's the time,
At any station on the line,


II You repent and turn from sin,
The train will stop and take you in
The Car is ready now to Co.
Say, will you go to Heaven, or mo-
The engineer is very kind,


May none Of us be left behind
If you would like to take ride,
he engineer will all provide,
You'll draw your rations on tho way,
And at the end the best of pay.
We have on board q holy band,
They are all bound for Caasan's land,
To see the saints wLo've gone before,
To shout and ring for ever more.
The cars ran through with great delight,
While all the crew in here unite,
Till Canaan's land appears in view,
Where all the saints are dressed anew,
The first, the second and third Glass;
Repentance faith and holiness;
You must the way to glory gain,
If you with Christ would ever reign.
This Heaven, bound car runs night and day
Nor will she tarry on the way,
Until she lands in Heaven above,
Where all the saints do feast on love.
Year: 1873




Said young husband, whose bust
ness speculations were unsuccessful;
Z" My wife's silver tea set, the bridal
gift of a rich uncle, doomed me to fl
nancial ruin. 1t involved hundred
unexpected expenses, which, in trying
to meet, have made me the bankrupt
man that | am His is the experience
of many others, who less wise do not
not know what is the goblin of the house
Working its destruction. A sagacious
father of great wealth, exceedingly
mortified his daughter by ordering it to
be printed on her wedding cards. "No
presents, except those adapted to an in
come of 81 1000" Said he, you must
not expect to begin life in the style l
am able by many years of labor to in
dulge, and ! know of nothing that will
tempt you to try, more than well inten-
toned but pernicious gifts of rich
friends" Such advice is timely. If
other parents would follow the same
plan many young men would be spared
years of incessant toll and anxiety,
they would not find themselves on the
downward road because their wives had
woren all their salary or expended it on
the appointments of the house. The fate
of the poor man who found linchpin
and felt obliged to make a carriage to
fit it, is the fate of the husband who
finds his bride in possession of gold
and silver ware and no large income to
support the owners gold and silver
style.
Year: 1873

A Louisville practical joker succeeded
in initiating a canine growl SO perfectly
the other night that one of his intimate
friends was april fooled into perforat-
ing him with a charge of buckshot.
Year: 1873

One of our exchanges gives the
following conundrum, why is it that
a young fellow and his girl can sit in
the parlor until after midnight without
making noise enough for the old folks to
hear them through the partition, but
cant sit in public place five minutes
without annoying the whole house with
their giggling and talk.
Year: 1873

From the latest returns if appears that
the Democrats claim an l really have full
control OF our next LIE 5islature. Their
allies, the brewers, distillers and liquor
dealers On one side and the Railroad mo-
nopolists on the other, can now reform
our wholesome State laws to their hearts
content, as their poor dupes have re-
moved every obstacle by defeating the
Republican nominations at the late cleo
ton. If the victors carry out their pro-
gramme, the people of this State will be
given over to free liquor license, to the
injury and final ruin Of the morality,
intelligence and prosperity of our State,
and our mercantile and farming commu-
nlty to the mercyless grinding and deadly
vampiris of Railroad monopolists. o
what victory He'll itself must resound
with rejoicing at such success.
Year: 1873

PEARS The soil of the Southside is prolific
of Pears As well as houses. ZAdock Towpsend
produces Al Eden Park an abundance OF the
former which are Of ipe quantity From one OF
his trees We have hanging in our business office,
S bunch less than foot long upon which are
eight large specimens we'll worth stopping in to
see.
Year: 1873

COLUMBUS, O., May GA most hor-
rible case OF sutfocation occurred here
early this morning. A colored man
named Van Brown was engaged in dig
ging vault close by an old vault that
was filed 10 overa0wing with filth Of
every description. About midnight the
the new vault was completed, and while
opening q connection so as TO allow the
contents Of the old one to empty into the
new one, suddenly the partition gave way,
precipitating q huge mas Of filth upon
Brown, suff0csting him almost instantly
An assistant called for help, and was an
swCred by a young white man named
Jacob Jasper, who arose from bis bed and
hurried to the place. Thinking he could
save Brown, he spraug into the vault and
grasped him, but before he could be
rescued, was also suitOcated.
Year: 1873

A APPOINTMENT Baltimore lawyer writes
that when a man or woman poisons hu-
man being without detection, one success.
full crime Of this sort begets such sense
Of power and ability 10 remove at will
every human obstacle, that, in nearly
every case, the mind becomes warped,
and the poisoner Is ready with the dead
ly draught to avenge the most riiling dis
respect or wrong"
Year: 1873

uaS the PeniIentiaTy Controversy
been Decided In Advance A SUR


prIsinE statement.


Elsewhere we reproduce from the
Ularksburg Conervatir: paragraph en-
brscing in on indirect way statement


that will be received with general sur


prise. 1t is in substance that the manu-


script of n written opinion adverse to
Governor JAcoR In the controversy over


bis constitutional powers Of appointment


prepared by Judge HOFFMAN ot the su-


preme Bench, had by accident come into


The hands Of parties who had made 1t


public. We do not understand clearly


whether this argument was prepared by


the Judge to assist the attorneys In their
conduct of the case before the court, or
whether It is draft Of the opinion no ex'
pected to deliver after the case had been


heard. In either case, the improprieiy
would he SO gross as to utterly destroy
public confidence in the impartiality and
uprightness Of any decision which Justice


LIoTPMAN might deliver on this question.
We cannot commend the use made Of this


discovery by those into whose hands the
manuscript fell. The papers were private;


aud no one but Judge II. had a


right to either know or divulgc their
contents. But the fact having been made
public, even by this wrongful disregard
ai sacred privacy, tho fact disclosed-if
il is fact--is of SO much importance to


the public,-involving as it does, the pu.
rty Of the Judiciary in the highest place
in the State-thst the press Is bound TO
take notice Of II. We trust for Judge


IloFFMAN's sake personally, for the hon
or OF the Judiciary, and for the credit OF
the State, that there Is come mistake in
the matter charged in the Conservative;


that there is some explanation OF 1t not
Inconsistent with the dignity, the Impair.
tnlity and the purity OF our highest
court lfthe Conservative is in possession
Of any facts, let them be plainly stated.
| II Judge HOFFMAN has been wronged he
ought not to hesitate to vindiCate him


aeli,
Year: 1873

From the jackson Whig and Tribune.I


On last Sunday night four men en-
tered by force, the residence of JOnce


Young, near McNairy station, and de-


manded the person of John Raspberry,
colored. Before entering the house
several shots were fired into the door,
which was finally broken down, and
the negro, alarmed and terrified, crept
under the floor and had there secreted
himself One of the murderers however,
informed Mrs. Young that her husband
would answer as well as the negro, and
plainly intimated that unless the negro
was found, that Young's life would be
taken; thereupon she disclosed the hid
ing place of the negro, and the murder
ers procuring lantern went outside the
house, shot under the floor, and wound
ed the negro until he cried out that if
they would not kill him under the floor
he would come out, which he did. He
had no sooner gained the ground out
side than he was perforated with balls.
The negro had had a difficulty a few
days before with Robert Names, a re-
spectacle citizen of the county, in which
Maness alleged that the negro had
assaulted him with a club, which he
resisted by wOunding the negro with
two pistol shots. a coronOr's inquest
failed to elicit sufficient testimony to
"spOt" the murderers, and it may remain
wrapt in mystery. Young was order
ed by the murderers to leave at once,
and he moved out of the neighbOrhoOd
on the following day.


A few days previous to this affair two
George Chambers and Clay
rode int Purdy, remained
long enough to get drunk, and on their
return home INDUCED in a free fight,
which resulted in George inflicting
several wounds upon the person of Clay
with peD-knife, from which it is feared
be will not recover. Clay was stabbed
mostly about the pit of the stomach.
Both of the parties are young men, and
belong to one of the old pioneer fami-
les of the county, and had never had
any previous MISUNDERSTANDING. Liquor
was at the bottom of the whole affair.
Year: 1873

been assigned by his fellow-citizens, adj


vising, counciling, helping, doing what


he could for the sick, the poor


and The needy. He never tired.


He never grew weary Of we'll


doing. His burdens were enough for


a half dozen men, and still they grew.


But they were borne cheerfully, from a


sense of duty, from conviction that 1t


was the right thing to do, from


a profound faith in the future


of the city then bowed to the


earth. He was a noble sentinel on the
watch-tower-sleepless and vigilant.
We never can forget him. But not for
this do We present him as a suita-
ble, as the most available candidate
for mayor of Memphis. His character
for high integrity as business man, the
of his own fortune; his intimate
knowledge of the affairs of the city, his
conscientious discharge of every
public and private trust, his fidelity as
citizen, and friend, these are
the qualifications that commend him
to us, and these are the foundations
upon which we rest his fitness for so
high and responsible an effice. For
these and no other, and because he pos
5esses all these characteristics in a de-
gree pre-eminent over all other men that
have been 80 far named, do We present
10 our citizens the name of J. J. Busby
ior mayor of Memphis.
Year: 1873

be observed by them, in compliance with the
Proclamation Of the President of the United
States, and the publicly expressed wish of
many OF the clergy of this city, as a day sacred
TO prayer and praise OF Almighty God, and
that all places Of business be closed through
out the day.


uoy23 JOHN Johnson NFa,,or
Year: 1873

Notwithstanding the terrible epidemic
through which our city has so recently
passed, and the great financial crisis that
has just swept over the country, we still
continue to maintain our stock in as full va
riety and as completely assorted in every de-
partment as heretofore.


To you who are fortunate enough to be able
to purchase your Dry Goods for Cash, we offer
inducements unparalleled in the history OF
the Wholesale Dry Goods Trade of Memphis.


We are in the daily receipt of goods OF all
descriptions in our line, purchased at re-
markably low figures, during and since the
panic, and which we offer you should you
favor US with a calD at prices that must COM
pei their transfer from our wareroonns to your
shelves.


If in need Of Dry Goods, either staple or
Fancy, try US, and you will be convinced that
the Cheapest Market on the Continent Is
Memphis, and the HOUSE of most attractive
prices that of


B, LOWENSTETN & BROS,


Main Street, cor. of Jefferson.
Year: 1873

PRoF. ISAAC G. WEsT-The Commercial
of Monday says Prot Isaac G. West, acquitted
of the murder of Cooch Turner but still in
Dover jail awaiting trial on an indictment for
arson, has become, we learn, the victim of a
remorseful conscience. He is evidently much
harrassed in mind beyond the insanity which
is said to possess him. and his actions betray
an inward consciousness Of the enormity of the
offence for which his lite was on trial. We
learn from gentleman who has visited him in
his cell that he is frequently seen looking at
his hands, first ON one side and then on the
other, as if expecting to SEQ blood upon them,
and his actions in other respects raise pre-
sumption that remOrse for the murder of
Turner is settling down upon him. During a
late thunder storm he was greatly agitated, and
his face, tho next morning, was one of the
most woe beg imaginable. He slept but
little. and every thunder peal would start hin
to his feet as if thousand harpies were
dogging at his footsteps. His life at best is
miserable one, but it provokes but LITTLE
sympathy.
Year: 1873

Now if nothing is done to prevent
the Sabbath from being . day Of idle
ness it becomes . real evil instead Of
benefit to man. Instead Of the strength
and vigor that come from rest, dyspep-
sia and i'll health are created by this
seventh day Incidence. Instead OF
such moral and religious culture as
shall encourage innocence and virtue,
the seeds Of crime and rowdyism an
sown. l do not say that the Sunday
School is q panacea for all the evils of
life, nor that it will save every child
brought under its influence but that
considering the great susceptibility Of
children's minds to Impressions either
good or evil, and considering the fact
that it occupies day which nnoccu-
pied would do mischief, it is one Of the
most powerful agencies for good in ex-
istence. r. L. GRINpLE.
Year: 1873

a BIC JoB.-The millennium is
about to receive a tremendous hurry
ing up. There is man in Lafayette,
Ind, who is going to do the business
for US in way that will astonish the
old fogies. OF course he is going to
start paper. Its name is the Siege,
and here are few things he proposes
TO do: ''To stop the importation and
manufacture, as well as the sale and
use of liquor to break down all mon
opolies bring about the repeal of lax
divorce laws regain for the family the
healthful influence it should exert in
our social system; substitute arbitra-
ton for war promote universal love;
strengthen the moral attributes of the
Government enforce home economy;
establish non-sectarian system; sup
press political partisanship; supercede
selfish political economy by mere
philanthropic plan, and defend labor
against capital" And all of us can
see this done by simply paying 81
year. Truly, the press is mighty
power.
Year: 1873

A GoOD Word FOR LOCAL PAPERS.
The New York Times saws, that YOU
might nearly as we'll forget your church.
es, your academies and school-houses as
to forget your local paper. 1t speaks
to ten times the audience that your local
minister does. 1t is read eagerly each
week from beginning to end. Itreaches
you all, and if it has lower spirit and
less wisdom than sermon, it has thous-
and times better chances at you. Lay
ing, as it does, on every table, in almost
every house, you owe it to yourselves
to rally liberai!y to its support, and exact
from it as able, heightened character
as you do from any educator of your
midst. 1t is in no sense beneath notice
and care-unless you yourself are be-
meath notice and care-for it is your
representative. Indeed, in its character
it is the summation of the importance.
interest and welfare OF you all. 1t is the
aggregate ofyour consequence, and you
cannot ignore it without miserably de.
preciating yourselves.
Year: 1873

A SCHOOL HOUSE RoMANCE.-A charm
ming little bit OF juvenile romance comes
to Us from school house in Bennington,
Vt. Cupid has there established his in
visible and inevitable protessorship, and
the bigger boys and girls have been TAX
ing lessons i'll the learning of love- The
time which have been devoted to the
study OF the three Rs was wasted in the
production of billet-doux, sometimes of
ten pages in length, and garnished, no
doubt, with many Abs. not in the least
scientific. Mr.. Emo Gould, the teacher
of the school, not relishing these young
and idle dreams, attempted to establish
more ascetic and We may say, monkish
rule. This resulted in personal con-
test between the biggest boy, who was
too chiyalrous to submit to the indi9-
nifty of flogging, and his teacher, who
was too conscientious not to try to give
it to him. The results were disastrous
to the cause of common school culture.
The eye Of the pcdagoguc was placed in
mourning. The lovely little ladies flew
out at the windows. "They read no
more that day" and the school commit
tee is looking out tor a teacher OF finer
muscular development.
Year: 1873

An enterprising firm in the oil regions
OF Pennsylvania have secured a contract
for putting down some oil wells i'm
Japan. They might bore through and
thus establish direct communication
with the Celestial Empire.
Year: 1873

She rose ON her untroubled sleeB


And put away her soft brown hair,
And. in tone "a low and deep


As loves first whisper, brealhed prayer.
Her snow-white hands together pressed.


Her blue eyes sheltered u tho lid,
The folded linen on her breast


Just swelling with the charms it hid
And from her long and flowing dress,


Escaped bare and slender foot.
Whose shape upon The earth did press


Like new snowflake, white and mute.
And there, from slumbeT, pure and sweet,


Like young spirit fresh from heaven.
She bowed her slight and graceful form.


And humbly prayed to be forgiven.
o God. if souls unsoiled as these


Need daily mercy from thy throne
If she upon her bended knees tt


Our loveliest and our purest one
She with her face so clear and bright
We deem her some stray child Of light 4
If She with those soft eyes in tears,
Day after day in her first years.
Must kneel and pray for grace from Thee.
What far. far deeper need have we?
How hardly, If she win not Heaven,
viii our wild errors be forgiVsnl