H A1LY AXD WEEKLY APPEAL TCRVN OF srBM KIPTIOS. BilLT. J10 no trJXDAT. K7aoiA.. I 1 on 1 ou WHILT. V": - - & etOWMt ..4 1 on ... 60 . (onlrlbalora atad OorraapoBd roU. C mmonieetion lor publloathin malt be niton on an ildt of the pate only.end, with all other natters connected with the editorial department, ihould beaddrasaad: To Til Euiroior iua ArniL, Memphis, TD Weoannot, H a rule, ondertaae to Tatar articles not foand suitable far pablioetion. Oar mil books are kept by postoffloas, and not by individual mmii. W solicit letter and oommonloatlonj opo soheeU of general latere!, butsoenmuit always be eeoompatioi by tb nam and addraM of tha writer, a a i aaraote of Ml rood faith and reiponeibllity. No notloa eaa ba takaa si ancajajonj oommanloa- I a ordering papers ehaoiad from one pot offioa to another, tha name of both poit- S xolmaB onpte lent frao of charge, ail letter, should bo eddred OALLAWAY ft KEATING. H. C. Gill waT, I Second treet, i. M. Khathib. I Memphis. Tenn MEMPHIS APPEAL. TCE8IUY, t I I APRIL 20, 1880. TUB M'HINfMN NIIUATIOM. The general Clearing-House repott on another page chows that during laat week the total exchanges In creased 17.6 per cent, over the cor responding week laat year, or outside of New York 10.1 per cent Taking places Memphis la interested In, we find that Chicago a ahnre of the in crease was 31 per cent.; Cincinnati 5 1, Kanaaa City 22.0, Mew Orleans 12 1, Lowell 28.0, Memphis 4(1.4. St. Louis bad a decrease of 5 6, and Louis ville oi 6.7 per cent. Notwithstaod ing the strike disturbance, these figures show that the tendency ol oar trade is still upward and onward, al though there are two cities where the interruption ot freight transport baa caused some decline. The ease of money still continues, and the ChronuU reports tendency toward lower rates, the average of the week in New York bo ing under 2 per cent., extremes 1) to 2 per cent, for banking balances ; call call loans 3 per cent. Unless gold ex ports should have a serious increase no advance from these rates is looked for for some time to come, and the supply of money is quite beyond the cuirent demand. Bank deposits are increasing, government disbursements have been heavy and funds are gradu ally coming in from the interior, whilo the demand is restricted. In Eogland the agitation of the Irish question proves to bo quite a disturbing ele ment, and both business and specula tion approach toward a tand. Gold continues to How from the Bank of England, which flow may '" in- reae the official rate to .protect the gold reserve. France is firm, and any apecial call would probably force rates to the gold exporting point. Im ports continue large, and the trade movement this as well as lest month Is expected to be against us. The ad verse trade balance gives a tendency toward farther exports of gold from this side. In London list week silver had a fall and touched the lowest point on record, 46 3-ltid. This makes the Amurican dollar worth for its sil ver 78 3 10o , but Congress considers that to be quite good enough for American cltitens. There appears to be some probability that, as a relief measure, England may issue 1 notes; now 5 ,re the lowest This, u is inougnr, would ease the etraia upon gold in some degree. The disturbed abor market here, the continued ex treme depression of trade iu England, and the strong political agitation that exists there npon the Irish question, re all weighing with some force against business just now. If Con gress would put the Mexican treaty into operutlon the effect would be to tnrn effort in a new direction, which could not but put some spark of life into the preseut quia dullness. I'SllAPPY CLEVELAND. G rover Oleveluud bos not beou able to escape the odiou, tax of censure which has been levied and rigidly en forced against the President of th United States. He is a man of iron nerve ; and cot scious of t he rectitude of his purposes it was supposed he would b impervious to criticism ; bat it seems his philosophy bat deserted him and he is greatly worried in paying the panslty imposed on all who have occupied the station he fills. Law rence Barrett, the tragedian, speaking of President Cleveland, is reported as follows: "I pent a day with him a short time aio when I waa in W ashington, and really ha present ft pathotie pieiure-a strong man nrhtina atone a nieat battle to which he is pledged, ndireled br hiseneuiiei and doubt ad by nil (lends, lie feels hit position keenly. He mid to me: '1 have made mis takes: I ye them; mny ol thein, and eould kirk mjsfelf when I think about tlu-m; hut 1 am only huuim, and I am u liable to err another men. Ilatlet no gcnrruui sym pathy! ard honest, patriotic counsel. All I beat- ii bickering and strife and fault find inn anion sehi'iuinv politicians, who have O" nun but to ret themselves and friends in oJioo. Hut for the occasional wave of popu lar indorsement that break! iti way over iihe reef of .ll.cn seeker and politician that bcdite me akunl and Comal to uia like a sea .v aim nf relreshing and a cry of Hod up eel , fresh from the people, I should break down, heartsick and ducouruged.' " This U the wail of despair. But Mr. Clevelaad should be consoled by the reflection that the people are at his back, and that the character of Washington wa cudge'ed until the last rarticle of dross was extracted, ad by this purgatorial proems he was prepared for immortality. PrefiJent Cleve'aad is not to blame for his (arty divisions, end k is liard for him to be cri'.irbed by his pjrty lrieuds and de nounced hy hin erie.mits. The woret of all he is coudeainei?, not to much ior the Jtrrorj as foV the mei's of his a.liu!ni3lrVion. V is more because i.e hm honestV and brtvelv, if not al ' ways "luccuVr. I'lI c'T cat his pledges as civil service reformer and to execute the civil service law that he has been deserted and is con tinually denounced and ridiculed by many influential men in his own party. The re was never a President hose views and pssitlon cn a public question were more e'early under stood by all parties than were those of President Cleveland. The very men who are to-day denomcing him for keeping faith with the people utilized his statements and pledges the civil service reform on the stump and in the press for the purpose of getting the people to vote for him. Civil service reform was "a good enough Morgan" for them till after election. Then they expected the President would turn out as big a hypocrite as the worst of them. They have been astounded to find that he has shown some regard for his word and his honor. Politicians and par tisans may have turned against bim, but the masses of tha people still believe Mr. Cleveland, though serious ly handicapped, is doing his beet to give the country a clean, wise and efficient administration. Neither the President himself nor his friends will claim that he has made no mistakes, lis has been unfortunate in the choice of some officials, but s) were Orant and Lincoln and Jackson and others of our Presidents. Some of his ap pointments have been bad; but that ought not to surprise any one when such desperate traps are constantly laid to mislead and deceive him. The Democratic party was not given the Presidency by the people merely to parcel out the offkee, but to purify the government by administrative re. form. This President Cleveland is trying to do and the people are with him. There is a moral to be drawn from the utterances of the President ia his conversation with Mr. Bar rett, which will be profitable to the young men of the country. They show that there is no happiness in high official station. In Europe, "nn easy the head that wears the crown," Washington's two administrations encountered the enmity of open foes and treacherous friends. Jackson's career was stormy and tempestuous, in comparison to which Cleveland's administration has been one of serene tranquillity. Harrison and Taylor could not stand the odious impost levied upon the Presidency, and it required only a month's labor to kill them. Lincoln and Garfield paid a heavy penalty, for both wore assassinated. And now w$ are told that Clevelaud "presents a pathetio picture," "ridiculed by his enemies and doubted by his friends," heartsick and discouraged at the bick ering and fctrifo that Burrounds him These facts should be a lesson to the ambitious young msn of the country, They show that high olBcial station is like the Dead sea fruit, which turns to anhes on the lips, and that after all contentment and the luscious sweets of plenty and unalloyed happiness are only found in the life of the pri vate citlsen. CNHOL.VABLE AND 1NPON1IHLB, If the Tories have not "thrown up me sponge" tney nave come very near doing so. Lord Salisbury and Lord Churchill have both declared that the Irish problem is insolvable and its arrangement Impossible. Al though their assertion is a general one in terms, in fact it is conlession by the Tory leaders that the problem H an Ineolv able and impossible ono to them and to their party. Accordingly, none of them, while objecting to Mr. Gladstone's policy, have a policy of their own to offer as a substitute. Mr, Qladetone, on the contrary, declares that what hits been dono in British colonies in Austin-Hungary, in Norway and Sweden and e'.si where, shows that the problem before the country is neither insolvable nor impossible, for what bai boen done elsewhere can be done in Ireland. In proof of the substan tial correctness of his position he in troduces a full and sulUciont measure, a thing the Tories are incapable of producing. The only policy that domineering party can recognize as fitted for Ireland is force, drive, com pel, coerce. Imprison, exile, hang tttst is the trinity to which the Tories look for deliv ering England from being troubled with Ireland. The policy of compul sion has bad a long and complete trial. It has only added to Irish dis content by increasing Ireland's woes. That the Tories should have got no further than the policy used by igno rant and brutal nations ever since history began its record, shows what the Tories and Tory policy are. Not only is the force policy morally wrong, but it is unstatesmanlike. Mil itary domination, imprisoning and transporting and hanging have been tried for generations, and have not succeeded up to this day. Yet the narrow-minded Tory desires to con tinue the use of brute force. This is a discreditable exposure of Tory tac tics and Tory moral concaption. Force is a proved failure. Home rule offers itself, aad the Tory, unablo to of or anything as good or better, op posss it passionately, furiously aad frantically. Such a position shows imbecility, and now, or on some other early occasion, the good sense and the mii;ht of the people will accomplish what the ehorts;ghtdd Tory regard) as unsolvable and impossible. Such an assertion of iuolvaiii!y and itupoi bility will prove pertutuul doom to Tory palicy in the futurn. The Enchanted aanmerlaid, A book descriptive ol tlic summer remnis of the Northwest will le mniled to you free on npplicutiiiii t-" K. 8. Hair, general passenger a(ent Chienm and Northw-iitem railway, Chicago, 111. AIEMPHIS UAILY ALMOST A SERIOUS RIOT. D1S0KDEKLY COXDlCf OF NEW YORK SlItlKEKS. The ElgUt-IIour Azltatlon at Chicago Circular From the Execu tive Committee. Washington, April 19. A mass- meeting was held tins evening nnuer the atiHiiices of the Knights of Labor and Columbia Typographical Union for the purpose "of listening U ail dresses delivered by members of Con- gresn anu otuers on trie lanor question. Representative J. M. Farquahar of New York was elected chairman. Al luding to the strike in the West he as sorted, and the assembly warmly an p'auueu the assertion, that notwiin standing East 8t. Louis no more blood would be shed in labor troubles in America, The pout eomitaiu miht murder, the workingmen would not, but instead of the bullet, the working- men of America would settle ineir battles with the ballot Mr. F. Focrtr. a representative of the General Aaaeuihy of the Knights of Labor, said that the workingmen were the people and intended to run this country. Jy Gould, W. II. Vamler bilt and Tom Scott had taught them communism, agrarianism, socialism, organization, defense, and by the eternal living ood they would prom bv that teaching He summed up the civilization ot the present day by describing the men of America as Christianized, civilized, Harvard Co -K'ge educated cannibals. Senator Voorhees urged the working men to organize and promised his vote and influence to secure such legisla tion as thev desired. He was followed by Representative Warner of Ohio, who covered about the same ground. Resolutions were, passed indorsing the course pursued by General Mas. ter Workman Powderly in relation to the strike of the Oould system of railways; heartily commending his appeal for aid for the strikers; calling upon all opposed to mon opoly to contribute liberally and nrnmntlv : demanding of the National government the building and improve ment ol tne nignwavs ana water wavs for the direct benelit of the noonln instead of the middlemen and h mutilators: commending tho action of wo kinginen in sending memorials to Congress urging an approgriation for the construction of the Hennepin canal; declaring their opposition to the nassaeo of the bill to abolish com pulsory pilotage, and urging the House of Representatives to determine upon a ttay m tne near iuiure lor me con. side-ration of the different bills recom mended bv the Committee on Labor. Representative O'Hara X. C said tho workingmen in their efforts to se cure shorter hours of labor had the svmpathv of the class he represented .'The chairman announced that let ters had been received from Senator Logan and Representative O'lonnell of Michigan, regretting their inability to attend the meeting. Representative Murphy said he felt prouder when he was the janitor of n college than now as a Representative in Congress. Ho argued lhat the passage ol the Hen nepin canal bill w ould bring comfort to the fireside ot thousands ot working- men. Ho wanted to go into the United StaU'B Treasury and take SI,. 000 fl(H) out of it now to bring bread and meat to tho people west of Chi cago, and be wanted to do this in con siaeration of labor. Grand Master Workman Powderly did n t arrive to-night as was ex. pected. The KUht-Hear Allalln. Chicaqo, April 19. The Eight Hour Committee of the Trade and Labor Asmbly, to-day issued a cir cular to all trade and labor associa tion, tt Ch'c.tt o and vicinity, an- nounclnn that May let had been set apart for goneral inauguration of the eiunt-nour system ; tnat as the Trades Axsembly of Chicago, was the meat influential body ot organ'zd labor west of flew lorx city, tt was natural that tbe working people and public should hold it responsible in a great measure for snccecs or failure of the eight hour movement ; tbat there is a uniform un derstanding among the different unions to accept a corresponding re duction in wages if necessary to bring the eight-hour system into operation. and advising all trade" which have not yet completed thoir arrangements to elect suitable committee and pre pare for a mutual solution of the ques tion at the time mentioned. Wm. H. Taylor, president of the In dependent People's La'wr party of the United Status, is inthucty and will Boon be joined by other members of tae party. They have ia view the Of ganizition of workingmen into bodies cal ed ccuncilx, and tho object is to support candidates for office, irrespect ive of patty, who have the interest of the wage-workers at heart. The patty advocates the eight-hour working day among other thing. New York Nireei-4'ar Strike. Nw Yobk, April 19 With the ex caption of Eighth and Ninth avenues the streets ou which horse-cars usual ly run are deserted and quiet to-day. All the railroad men drivers, con ductors and stable men have con cluded to take a holiday in sympathy with their brethren on the Third av enue line. Alraoet the entire police force of the city has been on duty since 5 o'clock this morning. All the street-car stables are guarded by de tachments of police, and the streets along which the lines run are filled with "blue coats." The employes of the Dry Dock line state that they lef : work because they were ordered to do so by the commit tee, and not because they had any f;rievaoces. The Forty-second street ine men stepped for the same reason ; in fact the nun on none of the lines, with the exception of the Third ave nuo line, have any complaints to make in reca-d to their hours or pay. The ?enoral "tin up" was ordered so as to orce the directors of the Third ave nuo line to yield to the demauda of stiikera. The men ordeied out on a nnmbei of the lines feel very bitter over the action of the committee in stopping ail cars, and stats that "this gemeral tie up business is being ruu into the gronud." About 4:30this afternoon the Third aVHntiB line started the 6ret of twenty dve curs they proposed to run. Inspec tor Byrnes ar.d four men on the plat form. At Sixty-fourth street a big fellow rushed out and grasped the horses by the bits and drew a knife to cut tho reins. He had i;ot accom plished his purpose when Inspector liyrnes "put htm asleep" with his club. The man was lettsenreleesin the street and the car went on. The next rar was driven by a new driver, ami when at Fifty-ninth ttrect one ot the hov.-es fell on the pavement. The crowds of rtrikerH along the walks chewed and jeered in derision. The tumult grew greater, and fira'ly the crowd befan huilii g biicks from n APPEAL TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 188C." new building on tbe corner, ine windows were smashed and tbe car demolished. Two officers were hurt by missiles. Tbe police then charged the crowd, and seventy of tbem wre injured. Eight prieoners were taken, and in the pockets of two of them were found licenses as drivers cf the Fouiti Avenue Line, the men of which road have no trrievnce, nd tr out because oid. red to t'e up. Tha Tdrnram 8V8 that several ol tbe no-towu ilubs have made up a list of 209 fashionable young men of their membership who will tc-mcrow take out licenses and volunteer to drive cars for the tied np lines without pay on tbe proviso that the public shall be allowed to ride fret of charge. The Railroad Commissioners spent the ent're dsy in a series of confer ee lcs with the representatives of tbe Third avenue road and tbe strikers' committee. It is hoped that some ar rangement will be made by wnicn tne cars will run to-morrow. Tbe BatoB Aaaenply mt Knlghta f a.BDor. Bostow, Mass., April 19. District Assembly M, Knights of Labor, opened its quarterly convention to day with 70D delegates present Ths district comprises 300 assemblies, with 50.000 members. The convention will last three days, and will consider the project of forming assemblies di rectly interested in the shoe trade into a strictly trade district, and will also take action on tne uontd stnxe. Went Back to Work. St. Louis, Mo., April 19. On the first day ol last March the coal miners employed at McKenna's mine went out on a strike because cf the dis crimination made against the Knights of Libor and for an advance of wages. Mr. McKenna refused to arbitrate with the Knights until Saturday, when he sent for a committee of the Knights of Labor, including M 89 ter Workman Golbvof the Gellespe As sembly, and asreed to make no dis rrimina ion against tbe Knights of Labor and emrdoy all tbe old hands at an increase of wages. The commit tee immediately communicatod the facts to Master Workman M. A. Sulli van, who advised them to go back to work, which all the mineis did this morning. OPPOSITION TO GLADSTONE. Tbe Scottish Members Asjaiast tbe Land Bill. London, April 19. The defection of Scotch Radical members of the Uousa of Commons bos been growing since the land bill was made known. It is estimated that tweniy-five will vote against Mr. G'adstone and that more will abstain from voting. Duncan McLaren, a former member for Edinburgh and a prominent Radical member since 1820, denounces the whole scheme. He is Mr, Bright'a brother-in-law. Mr. Bright's hostility t) the scheme is pronounced. He considers tbe terms of purchare intolerable. It is reported tuat he urges Mr. Gladstone to appeal to the country if the home rule bill passes by only a small major ity. At a crowded meeting of the Glas gow Chamber of Commerce to-day the proposed Dublin Parliament was denounced as dangerous to .the commercial interests of the kingdom. The speakers were Liberals and were formerly Gltulitonlans. ; An active campaign will be conducted during tbe Faster recess, in which Mr. Chamber lain, Mr. Trevelyn, Lord Hartington, Mr, Morley, Mr. Goshen and Lord Spencer will take part. The Conser vative leaders will hold alcof, desiring to leave the front of the oppos.tion to the Whigs. Some of the Conserva tive members, discontented because their members decided not to take part in the campaign, sent a pi o Vest to Lord Salisbury, who, however, de clined to change their course. Mr. Brand's motion against the sec ond reading of the home rule bill hss been tabled, under an arrangement with Lord Hsrtington, who will make the mot' on in place of Mr. Brand. Sir Charles Dilke has informed the Electorate Committee that he will make full statement at a public meeting on May 3d if the Queen's Proctor fails to reopen the Crawford divorce case previously. Traveler' dob Concert. The Travelers' Club are making preparations for one of the grandest musical concerts ever witnessed in Memphis, to be given at Estival Park on Derby day, Wednesday, May 5'.h. Prot. Arnold's orchestra, in conjunc tion with Prof. Eichborn's band of Louisville, Ky., will furnish the in strumental music for tbe occasion, while a chorus of seventy-five voices under the direction of Prof. Winkler will vocal'zs. A grand hop will con clude the entertainment. In view of the fact that the refresh ment and supper tables will be under the management of the Woman's Exuhange, it. is safe to say tbat the wants of the inner man will be b.nintifully and dait.tily eupplied. The members of the Travelers Club have put their shoulders to the wheel to make this aff air a brilliant success, and is tbe hotels and leading business houses are lending a hand, thera is no doubt that it will prove a memorable and brilliant occasion. The Hoor Little One. We often see children with red eruptions on face and hands, rough, scaly skin, and often sores on the head. These things ind cite a de praved condition of the blood. In the growing period, children have need of pure blood by which to bui'd up rtrong and healthy bodies. If Dr. 1'ierce's ''Golden Medical Discovery" is given, the blood is purged of its bad elements, and the child's devel opment will be healthy, and as it should be. Scrofulous affections, rickets, fever-sores, hip-joint disease or other grave maladies and suflering are sure to result from neglect and lack ol proper attention to such coses. BMtitH.Yonr Home. Finish the wallsaml ceilings with Alabostine. You can do it; inex ensiye; try it. White and twelve tints. Cheaper and Iwtter than paint, kalsomine or paper. Disinfects and prevent diseases. Beautiful sample card free. By druggist hardware and paint dealers. $,io0 ajYen away. 8. MANSFIELD CO., Memphli. It la to Tonr Inlrrrat to bear In mind that one Benron' Cni.cioe Plaitor ii worth a doiien of any other eoroua I'Uxler. Bennon'i p.ftiter aro a t-enuine nietlrinat article, indorinl ana ued by tho mo lienl pri.e?ion Iroiu Maine to California. Th(y euro in a tow houn eilinnU whirh no other will even relieve. Cheap and worth ies imitations are lold bv dealer who oara more for Urce pr. fiti on tra-h than they do or the eweet ot an approving- ennaeivnee. l'rware ol them, and ot the " Cipncin," " Capiioin." " capk'ine" and "Cai irum" plasters which thry tell to the unwary. Ihive name? are nuthini but mislta.V.n- va riations on tha name " Ciipeine." Note the difference ro o reputabla drucgiats, and you will not be di-neive.1. '1 he renuine Hen son's h the "Th' Seals" trade-mark and the word "Capcina" cut in the center. NOT A SETTLED FACT. SO CHOICE BETWEEN WOLF AND HORN LAKE. What Gen. Greene and Chairman Hampton Have to Spj on the SabjecU The discussion on the water ques tion has assumed a different shape eince tbe report of Gen. Greene was taken up by the committee, and eince tbe action of that body on Friday last an erroneous impression' has gotten oat that it has gone back to nrst prin ciples and declared in favor of Wolf river, first, last and all the time. And further, a great many pass over the impoitant point that in no event is it prepared to take supply from the pumping station near the month of that stream, but several miles above Raleigh, where the supply is abso lutely free from all contaminating in fluences. Gen. Greene aid yesterday that the Horn Lake plan had allure ments for him of the strongest char acter, and that he had not come to any decision between it and Wolf river. If observations, which were now being taken, showed tbat the wa'er-shed was sufficient to furnish tbe supply, and he was correct in other things, Gen. Greene thought Horn Lake might be beet after all. Chairman llamptoa Explains. Ia a letter addressed yettrday to tbe edit jr of this paper, Chairman Hampton of the committee says: In order tbat your correspondent, 'Reformer," and the; public generally may not labor under the erroneous belief lhat tbe Water Committee is acting hastily or thoughtlessly in their consideration of this all impor tant subject, it is right and proper that. I should thus publiclj submit some facts as a response to the com munication published in your paper Sunday, and also to one that appeared in Avalanche of same dats over the sig nature1 of "Cit'zsn." The latter asks, "Will Wolf river furnish an adeauate supply of water for a large city ?" In reply to this the following extract is taken from a report made by skillful engineers employed by the city to in vestigate this very matter: "To de termine the quantity available from Wolf river, the stream was carefully ganged in the month of October when it was at its lowest stage of the sea son, acd reported by the oldest resi dents along its bank to be at its low est annual fall stage. The gaugings were made October 9th. 10th and 12th at a point four and a half miles above Raleigh, and the average die charge during the time of these ob servations was found to be 8,636,775 United States gallons per hour, being equal to nearly eight times the mini mum discharge of Croton river, sup plying the city of New York." So much fr the Wolf river supply. These gauginga have never been disputed or question by any competent judges. Having been made by skill ful engineers fully capable of doing such work corioctiy, tne Water Jom mittee accepts them as a safe and true basis on which to work, in so far as the question of supply is involved; for the estimate of Mem phis consump tion is sixty gallons per capita daily, or 3.000,000 per day for a population 50,000 eonls. To quote farther fiom the same report: "The sources of Wolf river are retorted to be about sixty-five miles southeastwardly from Memphis, and composed ol a compare. tively small number of springs, dis charging great volumes of sandstone water. These statements are cor roborated by the fact that for three months last fall, during the driest weather, the stage of the river did not vary six inches, and also by the analy ses showing comparatively a small quantity of lime and a large quantity of silicio acid (or flint) held in solu tion by the water. As to the relative purity of the dif ferent supplies of water acco sible to Memphis, there is this to beia'd: Sealed packages ef water taken from tbe Wolf river.the Mies ssippi, Hatchie lake and a local well, with no mark or designation on the packages, except a number on eacb.were sent to Dr. John Locke and Joseph M. Locke, eminent analytical chemists in charge of the laboratory of the Western Military In stitute, near Dayton, O., and we have their elaborate and critical report of the analyses of these several packages by their numbers, they themselves being purposely kept ignoiant of the sources whence the water was taken. The specimens were taken from the two rivers in the months of June, July, August, September and October, so as to secura the variations resulting from tbe changes in ths rivers and state of the water during that interval. The result was reported as follows: After settling and liltering, and thus eliminating all impurities which were merely held in suspension, it was as certained that the two specimens from Hatchie lake contained of solid matter in solution 1'2J and 14 1-5 grains respectively , the three specimens from the Mississippi con tained 14 1-16, 10 9-10 and 9 7-10 grains per gallon respectively; and four specimens from Wolf river contained, respectively, 2 8-10, 4 4-10, 2 7-10 and 2 4-10 grains ptr gallon. The specimen of well water, clear and sparkling as it appeared to the eye, contained the greatest number of min eral substances of all, and showed 7 7-10 grains of eolid matter per gal Ian. The solids thus held in solution in clear, filtered Mississippi water thus analyzed are lime, magnesia, sedium, alumina, silicic acid, carbonic acid, chlorine and organic matter. Those in Wolf river are iime.alumina, silicic acid and carbonic acid. The correctness of these analyses have never been disputed or ques tioned by any competent authorities. These facts show tbat the Water Com mittee have not acted blindly or care lessly in the steps th?y have thus far taken. They have been eight months considering and digesting these and other impoitant facts, so that when their recommendations should be made to the city government they would be intell gent, sensible, practic able. Reformer" argues that agitation purifies water. Most people prefer that water should have a chance to settle, to precipitate i's impurities be fore tbey use it. Stirring don't im prove a muddy pool, nor a muddy lake, nor a muddy river. A running stream that deposits impurities held in suspension does thus become purer by its activity. But this ib just the thing that the Mississippi does tot do. In thin respect it does cot possess the merit of other rivers which get tid of part of their impurities by precipita tion. It has a turbulent, rolling, boil ing chara:ter peculiar to itself Which keeps all its impurities stirred up from the bottom and thoroughly well mixed. Who hHS ever seen the mighty "Father of Wafers" and not observed this wondeiful cha acteristic which makes it a river if its own kind alone in its singularity? And this ptcutiarity which "R-formsr'' cod; Jers an udvanyigs render it only to TAILOB, DEAFER & IMPORTER Ho. S3 21ADI50N BTKESt, Cordially lovitea aa imaectiaa Varied Sprtaaj isi Umawr Stock of Cclaa, French ana Germaa, Wonted, Com pri ing the Latest -Designs Gentlemen Wear. tV Samples and Prices oa who have left aaeanrrea. the more objectionable as a source of water supply for a greitcity. Im pure, offensive ma' ter which otber streams would deposit and cover with gradual accumulations ol eartn tms great stream continues to s'ir up and roll around. A dead animal in tbe MU siseippi is thus gradually worn into atoms and thoroughly distributed, many of its poisonous elements at similating with the water and held in solution by it only to be eliminated when it reaches the salt sea or is spread over tho country by oveiflow to fertilize the land and finally to pest into vegetation. Hence tbe Missicsip- fit not only retains solids in solut oo, ike all other rivers, even whn clear, but by its turbulent, boiling peculiari ty it retains in suspension great quan tities of foreign impurities which other running streams lose by precipi tation. Here is the reason why the great river carries in it euch a large proportion of hurtful substances ani nian and vegetable, organic and inor ganicand this is tbe reason why in telligent medical gen'leiseu consider it a dangerous vehicle of disease, as is the case with all impure water. With out being authorized to speak for these gentlemen, it may not be amiss to say this is probably tbe reason, and a very sound ressjn, t:o, why Drr. Mitchell and Thornton consider the Miesiesippi water more dangerous than Wolf river water in time of cholera epidemic or other pestilential visitation, for such waa their emphatic opinion as ex pressed before the committee. Yonr correspondent "Reformer" also states tbat Wolf river for many miles up from its mouth abounds in stagnact pools acd small lakes. Such is not tbe information the committee has ac quired .from intelligent sources and from recent careful investigation. For many miles from its source down it is a bold stream, pass ing through hilly, broken coun try. Then it courses through a por tion of Fayetta county exceptionally free from marshy districts and stag nant pools. But what is the Mississipi on this score? Does it not abound in swamps, and maishes, and stagnant waters and s'uggish foul bayous tor miles and hundreds of miles? For nearly or quite 2000 miles it passes through just such a country, with only occasional bluffs. The soil is a rich loam, easiiy washed, anl its current is constantly wearing it away and wash ing up debris which has been buried for centuriee, decayed vegetation and animal remains, the prolific source of disease. It is the drcin nf a great ter ritory, occupied by 10,000,000 to 15, 000,000 people above us, with many grt at cities and countless towns and villages. The sewage all finds its out let to the Mi sissippi. And es the jeais advance and population in creases this tea 'u re will be aggravated. Does sncb a stream present advan tages for drii king water ovor a stream that rises in springs among the hills and is fed by tbem perennially? With Wolf rivar below Raleigh this ait cle has nottiog to do. The commutes deem tbat point unwo.tby of con sideration, and have never even re motely entertainediheideaof a supply from tbat part of the river. It is just tbis water taken trom Won river near its mouth, within reach of back-water from the Miesiesippi and the bayou, and receiving washings from slaughter-houses, and other objectionable works, that our people nave been using for years past, and which has given Wolf river water such a bad name. But the people ot Memphis will understand that tbis water is nowise comparable with the water taken Irom Won above Kaleign at tne point contemplated by the com mittee. It is this tact that should be fully and clearly impressed on them, so tnat tne prejudice, won n has been so thoroughly grounded in their minds by the use of Wolf water trom present point ot intake, may net influence them agau st the ample f uo ply of pure water to be obtained higher up. Aside irom the quality cf the water, the project for taking a eupp y irom tho Mississippi above the city has been thoughtfully coudidore.d and earnestly diecussed, in deference to the well-known views of many of our cit'zens. The unreliability of the river, it! changing banks and shifting current, its resistless xnd destructive power, all these presented insur mountable obatacl's to the committee. Engineering problems were involved which have never yet been i olved. Even a thorough preliminary exam ination by competent engineers would require a large expenditure of time and money, and would only be ex perimental at best. With unlimited resources it might do to make the trial. But, circumscribed financially, with the public utgently demanding better water, it seemed unwise to enter npon experiments with the Mississip pi, when an easier and better solution was within reach. Facta, Not Unewaworb. As there seems to be a mistaken idea on the part of come that, the cal culations made by Gen. Colton Greene in his report are based upon mere guesswork calculations, the following careful notes of analysis made by em inent authority as to the purity, etc., of Wolf river water are given: Analyses f the waters of the Missis sippi and Wolf ri ere, made by Prof. John Locke, M.D., in the year 1867, showing the quantity in grains of the substances contained in an American gallon (o.S.72 g'a;n): c" o o 2Er-j r 5 t c - b - B: b: t 2. : T: o: c- si b h unf -jioiv VII i"f 71 "vsi ir MauiSsiiSaHfrt It-no J -J OO I tS 'jioM qiSl "tdeg '.l.lieilt!K Cri CO OM I .- I I tin g u Pr-1 "MIA 10 Si 3 'Iddiisusip; In addition to tbe ab ve Uie analysis of July 15!h eho red that the Missis- iivBjLAr aiMitrj a f ki tjrga. Fresh and CaaRaeres a Swtingi, and Finest Textures in application to those sippi contained .401 grains of magne sia, 1.015 grains cf sodium, a traced sulphuric acid and 1.52.'!;grains of chlo rine. The aoalys a of September 18th showed that the Miesiesippi also con tained 1 124 of rrda. The analysis of September 7th showed an addition to the above of 211 grains of magnesia and 2.185 grains tf s ida in a gallon of Mississippi watar. Traces of iron were shown in all four of the first analyt es. All these quantities are included in the to'als given above and are given eepantsly from the table to reduce its size in the column. Proportion of sediment in the waters of the Mississippi and Wolf rivers: s a 33 Be a a sac a g sTs'5-s.S-s'3-s E-5-2.S g-;- s 5.2 2.o i-I.2i2.2!s. ;.:. 5.S 2. o-la a(o 2.! m.l ' ; ' : ?3i ": 1 b: si ,i ! i ! i " ?j rjr-B K; B: K: S: .1 S i !.: S !i ! est S 3 ; j e- aj Bj E ; B g g.j Bj 3 3 e E 5 aa a 9 a a o ? 5" s s 5 ft t ; 5" f ? a. m e p to w si o 5 .as s sr es S S off s H 10 (CfO CO Si 9 O O o 3- 52. J teg -SS2 2- ? 2 5 i i.s " a. p-5- o Si 38. 5 a. i.B i Too KM C SB.-'a'S -a .a - CO o 35- "Computed br sssumin the specific gravity to be 1.9, which is nearly that oi tb natural deposit of tbe Mississippi river. Comparing these analyses cf tbe waters of the Mississippi' and Wolf rivers with the analyses of the public supply of our leading cities, and tak ing the Cochitnsta water of Boat on as 1, the purity t f Wolf river would be represented as 3.06, and of the Missis sippi as 11.68; and, while the Missis sippi bears 15 34100 tons of sediment to 6,000,000 gallons (prefect coneump ion of Mempbi), Wolf river bears 2 6o-! 03 tcn. RELIEF! Forty Tears a Sufferer from Catarrh! WONDERFUL TO RELATE. " FOR POrtTY YEARS I hare been a vic tim to CATARRH-three-fourths of the time a sufferer from KXORUClATINfl PAINS ACROSS MY FC-HKHKAD AMD MY NOS TRILS. The discharges were so offensive that I hesitate to mention it, except lor tha good it may do some other sufferer. I have spent a young- fortune from my earnings aurint my forty years of ufierinrto obtain relief from the doctors. I have tried patent medicines-every one I eould learn of trom the four corners of the eaith, witt no relief. 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