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DAILY APPEAL. MEMPHIS . TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 3, 1857. ' WORDS OF WARNING. There was never a time when the Democratic party steed in a more favorable position, if it will bat prove trme to its principles, ami devote' -its energy, its popularity and Ub prestige to the progress of cmr institutions, the pacification ef sthe country apes constitutional principles, and the enforcement ef sound political doctrines. Its candidates and policy swept the Senthern States at the late Presidential election like an avalanche. The Bsanimity with which the people ef the South endorsed its policy and invoked its protection, is unparalleled in the history ef party contests. But we should not lose sight of the fact that there nevemvas a contest in which the integrity of the Constitu tional Unien was more deeply involved. The Democratic party had boldly placed itself in a true conservative and constitutional position, -defying the hate and challenging the opposition . of the sectional traitors of the North. It was by Ms Esoderatioc, its conservatism and its Jefty devotion to principle, that the Democratic - party achieved so signal and so glorious a tri Haaph. If its victory had been merely a triumph over the men of the Opposition, it would have been barren and useless. .The object of the Democratic organization, then, is not to elevate aspirants to office, 'or to gratify the vainglorious ambition ef the selfish and mercenary, who, availing themselves of its popularity, would ride into power upon its swelling tide. If this class are permitted to control its destinies and impose themselves up on its confiding constituency, without the prom ise of earrying out its well-established creed and making it a useful organization to the coun try, we aanst expect defeat inevitable, no-rti fjiug defeat. The best men the most sub stantial, reliable and able men must be selected as the aeents of its usefulness cot for the gratification of personal ambition. Party de generates into faction whenever it becomes the mere instrument of designing and cunning men for elevating themselves whenever it ceases to be the organ of great popular sentiments and -principles whenever men become impressed with tbe conviction that all they have to do to seonre tfeesives a"sneg place is to mount lines its back and ride it, whip and spur, into .the haven ef their hopes. Depend upon it the Democratic party was never constituted for 'seek jockeying, and its honest and independent masses will fiy from it with disgust whenever they witness its prostitution to such purposes, fWe snenid be sorry to witness the same igno minious scramble for office among our friends which characterized the Enow-Nothing party ' a year or two ago. Nothing contributed more - to make tfeat party stink in the nostrils of the yeomanry of the country than this indiscriminate " wild hunt after office." We pray our friends to avoid it as the first downward step to dis grace and defeat. We speak the words of truth and soberness, and what we say, we Jknew. Avoid office seeking as yon would avoid leprosy. THE CABINET. Hns. Jacob Thompson-, or Mississippi. TM distinguished citizen of Mississippi passed through Memphis yesterday morning en revte for Washington City, it is said by invi -taoon of tae President elect to become o-ie of his Cabinet Counselors. It is understood that tne Secretaryship of the Interior has been as signed to bit. To this Department belong especially the Lands, Indians and Patents. Mr. Thompson for a number nf years was connected with tfee Indian CemmHtee in the House of Re presentatives, and he has had as much to de with the land policy of the country as any .xnan, eld or young, in the Union. He is, there fore, admirably qualified for the position as Eigned htm by the new President. Moreover, Wr. Thompson' will bring as much of ability, integrity, industry and urbanity to the discbarge of his official duties as any one who could have been selected. Superadded to all urn, Jacob Thompson will, in all matters of governmental -policy, prove a prudent and sagacious ctunicl . or for the incoming Administration. .BEKOCSAIIC CONTENTION AT RALEIGH. Parsnant to notice given, the Democracy of Shelby county assembled in Convention at Ra letgfa, yesterday. Tae Convention was called to order, and on motion ef N. B. Sandebj, Esq., W. W. Wash, Esq., wis called upon te preside ever its deiib eratiens. In taking the chair, Mr. Wash stated the objects of the Convention to be to Belect dele gates to the State Convention, to nominate a candidate for Governor, and the selection of delegates to attend the Convention at Soraer- ville to nominate a candidate for Congress from this district, as also to nominate a candidate for Senator, and the floating representative from the counties of Shelby, Tipton and Fay ette. As also to take such action as might be -deemed proper in relation to the selection of candidates for the lower branch of the Legis- tnre from Shelby county. On snetfoe of Col. Carboll, Wm. A. Mo Ewek was appointed Secretary. On motion of Col. W. H. Cabroll, it was Resolted, That one delegate from each civil district, and a proportionate number from the city of Memphis, be appointed by this Con vention to attend the Convention at Nashville on the 15th of April, to nominate a candidate for Governor, and that the President appoint snca oeiegates. Cei. Cakboll offered the following Tf solu tion : Recalled, That the President appoint dele- rates U the Somerville Convention, te select a candidate far Congress, Senator, and Floating Kepresentaave, said Convention to be beta on the first Monday of May. Judge Day lap thought that an earlier day for holding the Convention would be better, and moved the substitution of the first Monday of April in place of first Monday of May, and that the ether counties comprising the District have suggested to them the propriety of such change. J. Kxox Walker, Esq., dissented from the views ef Judge Dunlap, and stated that as Fayette and Hardeman counties had selected the first Monday of May as the day upon which i te hold the Convention, the selection of any . other day might tend to distract the Democracy of the District. He tnerefore.hoped no change , in tne day would be made. T..J . i-J I. l rfngc jjvaiA.r otatcu us vi3 inn. aware when he referred to the change of day for hold ing the Convention at Somerville that either of the other counties composing the district "abad selected the first Monday of May, and he would, therefore, with that knowledge, offer no t CH- 11 xoe reronoofl as eaereu by uoJ. Carroll ipso V nvn J - J rv bo wvu ct u jrivu On motion of L. P. Fowlkes, Esq., it was Resolved, That the same delegates appointed ie select a candidate for Coneress be aenuteil to select a candidate for Senator and floating Mr. JJixsox uiongBt it was advisable for .the Contention te give expression of opinion as to the etmice of Shelby county for Governor and Cengreesntan. J. Kvex Walkeb, Esq.,offered the folio wing resekKloBS, which were adopted without a dis senting voice: Resehed, As the sense of the Democracy of Shelby county that Gen. J. G. Harris is emi nently onaUfied and suitable for BenunaUea as the Democratic candidate for Governor ef Ten nessee, and the first choice ef our people. Rtieived, That David M. Cnrrin is the first cinVIcQ .of the Democracy of said county for unmlnaOnn ef candidates in this District And, That the Delegates to NasUrille and Somerville be requested to use all proper effort to secure said nomination pledging ourselves cheerfully to snpport any one whom the Demo-, cracy may fairly select for either position. Mr. Matlock suggested that the Chair pro ceed to the selection of delegates lo attend the Nashville Convention, wherenpon.the following gentlemen were appointed : 1st District T. G. Bond. 2d 3d 4th Oth 7th Sth 9th 10th 11th 12th ChamberlayneJones. Charles Crenshaw. Dr. Ely. Asa O. Edwards, B dell. O.JlVad- 0. M. Alsup. J. M. Thompson. W. G. Lancaster. J. C. P. Hammond. Dr. Morgan, Thos. J. Stra'tton. W. C. Danlap, Ila Douglas. City of Memphis 0. H. Llde, Wm. R. Ba ker, Wm. H. Carroll, John D. Coffee, E. Dash iell, I. N. Barnett, T. II. Logwood, W. L Treadwell, C. D. McLean, R. A. F. Duncan, Wm. T. Pruitt and George Dixon. The President appointed the following gen tlemen delegates to represent Shelby county at the Semerville Convention: 1st District John S. Dickinson, Maj. Drae- dell. 2d 3d 4th 6th 7th Sth Oth 10th 11th 12th John Markbam, James Neal. John Hardin, John W. Ward. Geo.W. Durham, Jere. Massey. Robt Smith, M. McCollam A. J. Matlock, Joseph Pulliam. John F. Taunnan, Ed. Herring. Robt. Williams, J. W. Roysterl Wm. Farley, E. Bray. T. J. Stratton, B. IL Ellis. W. H. Allen, Ila Douglas. City of Memphis. E. W. M. King, J. Knox Walker, Dr. John D. Martin, Daniel Bogart, John V. Bangh, P. Fowlkes, W. C. Carr, Wm. T. Brown, James B. Lamb, John Houston, J. H. Edmondson, E. M. Yerger, Jas. Wicker sham, J. H. Untbank, Dr. George A. Smith and N. B. Sanders. On motion of J. Knox Walkeb, Esq., the President of the Convention was added as delegate to both the Nashville and Somerville Conventions. Judge Dcnlaf offered the following resolu tion: Resolved, That the Democrats of Shelby county be requested to meet at their respective precincts on Saturday next, the 7th inst., and select two Democrats from each district to meet at Raleigh en the first Monday in April next, to nominate candidates for the lower house ef our next Legislature. Considerable debate ensued upon this resolu tion in which Messrs. Walker, Donlap, Fowlkes, Bbow.n Hallah and Sanders par ticipated. L. P. Fowlkes, Esq-, offered the f oliowirg as a substitute to Judge Dc.vlap's resolution which was adopted : Resolved, That the Democracy of Shelby county meet in Convention at the court bouse in Raleigh on the third Monday of May next, and tl.ere select candidates to represent the county in the lower branch of the State Legis lature. On motion adjourned. W. W. WASH, President. Wm. A. McEyyex; Secretary. MISSISSIPPI INTELLIGENCE. Mail Failures. The Rienzi Clipper com plains of mail irregularities, and says that un til Thursday evening last no mail bad been re ceived at that place for six or eight days. The Clipper hopes, as we do, that these frequent failures will soon be rectified by the incoming Administration. Bravekv and Pbesence or Mind. We learn that a couple of runaway negroes a man and woman were caught by a Mr. Bell, in the eastern part of the county, and while himself and a youth named Hannah were taking them to jail, the man, aided by the darkness of the night, jerked Mr. B.'s gun from him and knock ing him down with it, jumped on and was in a fair way to kill him, when young Hannah drew a pistol and reeling nis way got tne negro by the head, and placing the muzzle so as not to injure .Mr. u.,. tired tne contents into tne negro's bead, killing him instantly. Such an act, and at such a time, shows a degree of coolness and T I t . i 1 courage wuicu out lew ower persons possess Rienzi Clipper. The Killing or Kinikoham. The Jury of Inquest in the case of the killing of Kining h am, which occurred recently in Tishomingo county, returned a verdict that he was acci dentally killed by a pistol shot in the bands of Nancv Willet. Democratic Distbict- Convention. The Hernando Press suggests sometime in the month of June as the time and Hernando as the place for the assembling of this Convention. Her nando is said to be the most central point of the counties comprising the District. Hon. Wm. Babksdale. The Carrollton Democrat learns from ? reliable source that this gentleman will not decline a re-nomination for Congress, if it be the wish of his constitu ents that he should be re-elected. Death or Dr. Hancock, op DeSoto. We have been rarely, if ever, more pained than on hearing of the death of this worthy and dis tinguished citizen of Mississippi. For more than twenty years we had the pleasure of hie intimate personal acquaintance and enjoyed his friendship. As a statesman, his views were enlarged and disinterested, as a friend, generous and steadfast, and of the social circle, he was the life and soul. The Hernando Press has the following tri bute to his memoiy, every word of which with mournful pleasure, we adopt and endorse: " Dr. Richard C. Hancock is no more. He died on last Tuesday moraine: at G o'oloclr. af. ter a painful and protracted illness of the dropsy of the chest, in ttie 56th year of his age. De Soto has lost in him one of her best and purest of men. The family, a husband to the wife, a father to the children and a friend to the widows and orphans. He represented the peo ple of this county in the Legislature of 1838 and 1839, and again in 1848 and 1849. As a Representative, he was true to the interest of bis constituents and punctilious for the honor of Mississippi. He loved the people and the people loved him. He was one of God's speci mens oi wnat nature naa done in giving mm a mind capable of dissecting the inventions and works of men. He was an original thinker. He is gone. May Heaven receive him as its own." ARKANSAS NEWS. Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad. We learn by a letter from Mr. Josiah W. Fort, to Col. Wright, President of the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad, that the first above named gentlemen, in accordance with the terms of his contract, proceeded, on the 2Uth of Decemcer last, to "break the ground for the first spade full of earth on the above named road." "After which," he adds, "I put my laborers to work, some grading and others clearing, up to this date I have about one-half mile cleared and considerable grading done. Oar first assistant engineer pronounces the work commenced according to the intent and meaning of our charter. This condition hav ing been complied with, there is no other con dition to comply with until 1861, which is equivalent to an absolute cnarter until ttiat period arrives. Our subscriptions of stock should be increased to $1,000,000, in order to insure a certain and prompt compliance with the conditions of our charter which must be fulfilled by 1861." j We ieel free to congratulate our Texas friends on this commencement of a great work, and wish them a prosperous career and favor able termination thereof. IFuiAinron Tele-, graph, Feb. 18. The same paper has the following with ref erence to the prosperity of Washington : "The sound of hammer a saw creels our ears contimiallv in our village jnst now j a number oi vaiuame improvements are going up and tne stranger need not look in vain tor evidences of prosperity among us." Hempstead Democrat. Mr. James M. Kellqose has withdrawn from the Democrat, and Mr. R. L. Pecues has assumed its ed itorial department. It will still be an excel lent paper. ISST The Post Office at JEtnn. in Decatur county, Tennessee, has been ritscontinurd. All lettere,,papers, or oilier, -maHaW' inatUr in tended for that itcieliuorhfted. SlinnW be di rected to Howesville, Decatqr cnnntyjrTepn J ALABAMA NEWS.'v. j" Florence Gazette. This establishment is offered for sale, the editor, E. W. Kennedy, Esq., wishing to devote his.whole time to his profession. It is an old and well established paper. Branch Road to Flobence. The citizens of Florence, says the Huntsville jldvoeale, art moving in the right direction to build a Branch Kallroad at Tuscumbia. JJy an arrangement made some time ago, the stock of the Branch Road becomes part and parcel of the stock of the main trunk line thus placing its future profitableness beyond all question. The dis tance is only about five miles the sum to be raised is, we learn, only $100,000. Preparation tor State Convention. The Democrats of Madison count)- held a meet ing in Huntsville on the 2d ultimo, to select delegates forhe State Convention to be held in Montgomery on the 1st Monday in June. County Bonds. The county commission ers for Limestone have issued the Bonds for the county subscription of $200,000 to the Tennes see and Alabama Central Railroad. These Bonds are in sums of $500 and $1000 each, running through a period of ten years, one tenth, or $20,000, paybble by county taxation annually. Declined. In a letter recently written, Gen. Robert M. Patton, of Lauderdale county, declines being considered an aspirant for the office of Governor. His reasons are of a private character. Suggestion por Governor. Several of the Alabama papers have placed the name of Col. W. F. Sanford in their columns for Gov ernor, subject to the decision of the State Con vention to.assemble in June. Remarkable Recovery. The Tuscaloosa Observer, of the 11th ult,, contains the follow ing. The recovery is a remarkable one, but is by no means without a precedent : " A negro boy, about twelve years of age, belonging to Mr Samuel Miller of this county, was kicked by a mule afew weeks since, im mediately over the left eye on the frontal bone, greatly fracturing it, and forcing a number of pieces of bone into the brain, from one to two inchrs in length. A considerable portion of the brain escaped during the operation of ex tracting the specula of bone, and continued to escape until the parts were closed by suture. The boy is now entirely recovered, and attend ing to his ordinary duties on the farm." The Cotton Experiment in India. Gibabd House, ? Philadelphia, Feb. 16, 1857. s EdUor of the Xorlh Amtrictn and U. S. Gazette : Sir: The foreign news by the Baltic has elicited a universal interest and discussion in well informed circles of business men in your city and New York, the subject being the re newed efforts and evident anxiety, on the part of the English manufacturers to find, in some part of her Majesty's wide extended dominion, a vast cotton field that would quiet their appre hensions lest the supply of the raw material should not long continue to meet the rapidly increasing demand. The attention of the English manufacturers is naturally turned to that land of fabulous wealth, the East India Company's empire, In dia ; and some of your leading merchants, know ing that I had been connected with the great cotton experiment in India, gotten up by the rulers of that vast country, appeiled to me to know what was the result, and expressed the belief that Borne account of that experi nent would be of general interest to the public I promised to give such an account, and I shall now furnish a mere epitome of the details vhich I will send you on my return home, as soon as leisure permits. in 1840 the opportunity was offtred to me, with others, of going to the East Indies, under the auspices of the tast India Company; and considering thathe who accomplished the great est good to the greatest number was entitled to the greatest distinction, and being ambitious of enjoying all that could be attained from that prolific source, I went; and though sll that was anticipated was not realized, the experiment was fairly tried during tea years' laborious effort in that far distant land wtiere Brahminee bulls and defied monkeys are objects of pro found adoration by the whole Hindoo popula tion. After the first two years' experiment tried in various parts of the country, 1 reported to the East India Government that the object hoped for was unattainable that the experiment was a failure. There was some cotton produced, but at a cost of a guinea a pound, which serv ed well for the basis of reports on the parr of those who looked to that source for a supply of the great staple, now the greatest in the commercial world. I am asked by all who mention the subject, " What was the cause of failure in the great cotton experiment in India, which at one time caused so much anxiety lest our interests should be subverted by another countrv, super seding us in the production of the great staple product of our own?" I answer, that the causes of failure are both physical and moral in their nature. The physical defect is the want of an equable climate a climate of equal temperature, and of sufficient duration to ma ture the plant; the extremes of excessive hu midity and excessive aridness, or drought long continued, and consequent heat, and even when favorable circumstances combine, and the plant is growing well, and its abundant "forms," or embryo fruit, promise an abundant harvest, the "boll worms" bud the plant, main stem ami branches, and also enter the "forms," and cause them to fall in myriads, and cover the ground with what would have been the "great staple," if matured. The plant will grow, and produce well, if it is irrigated, but that process is too expensive to be profitable. Cotton must be produced by the fertilizing influence of the natural rains, which we are told "fall. on the just and the unjust." The natural dews of heaven must fructify the earth, or her ordinary products cannot be profitably produced. The moral defect ia the immobility of the Hindoo character. They will not change; they will do as their fathers did forever; they will not adopt the means of Improvement ; they will not adapt themselves to the appliances es sential to success. This is a succinct account of the cotton ex periment in India, commenced by the East India Company, under the superintendence of Amer ican cotton planters, in 1840. I continued in it till 1850; others remained there longer, and we have not seen nor felt any beneficial conse quences. Millions were expended in tne enter prise, and tne only result is, we near occasion ally of the shipment of a few bales of Ameri can cotton from India, but, sir, this does not constitute success, buccess is not attained un til the people of the country themselves pro duce tne article and teat in sucii quantities as to affect the markets of the world. Let me here add that the American cotton degenerates to such an extent in the plains of India tnat in a lew years It will not germinate, and the staple Boon becomes short and weak; and tnat, wniie l nave pronounced all tne er forts of the East India Company to make India an American cotton producing country, a fail' ure in the plains generally, yet there is a large extent of territory that would, with proper ap pliances, such as we Southern planters wouU adopt, produce cotton wa 11; but where that is the case it would produce other things that are more profitable than cotton, and consenuentlv the people of India will not cultivate the arti cle, and .ngusntnen never win or can any where. And yet another suggestion. We have a com paratively limited area of country that is well adapted by climate and soil forcotton, and that area will produce enough cotton for the world for some time yet, if it were all in cultivation ; hut remember that that area of country is in a climate that white people cannot work in, in the open field ; that the great staple must be produced by negroes; there are not as many as three millions of negroes in the cotton climate, and thr cannot, according to the English esti mate produce enough cotton to clothe the many ... 1 " - Ll .-T. T ! I . millions WHO now use cuuuu, nuuuj ui iu iaii. for clothing. These two millions live Hundred thousand negroes, the producers, will only in crease naturally, the supply very wisely being stoaDed from other sources, while the many millions of consumers will increase naturally in a greater ratio, and the area of civilization is rapidly widening and bringing into the list of consumera nations that now know not the use of cotton to anv extent. What effect will this slate of things have on the cotton market in half a century? I an swer this question by saying that, unlets Eng land finds a cotton field somewhere in her broad dominions, the balance of power in the com mercial world will be lost in the next half cen tury. CoHon tci1 be king; we shall be in the ascendmcy, being the sole producers. Our manufacturers inrreasingrapidly, England can not get a supply of the raw material; her mills stop ; a million of her people are thrown out of employment so many hungry Englishmen clam oring bread, bread, will overrun the country cause a revolution in England, and what then? Where will it stop ? How far will the devas tation extend-? Statesmen ! ponder this well. If you abolish slavery in the South to-day, all til? 8 contingencies occur to-morrow. THOMAS JAMES FINME, Mtorney at Law, Memphis, Ttnn. "" - THE HEW TUSier 3ILI. " Much interest is felt in regard to the new tariff bill which passed the House of Repre sentatives on the 20th ult. We publish it be low in detail. X BILL reducing the duty oa IuporU, and for other purposes; pttaed the Hotue el KryrtienuilTti, Jan uary SO, 1857. Re il enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in in Congress assembled, That on and after the first day or July, etguteen Hundred and mty seven, the goods, wares, and merchandise men tioned in the Schedule 1, made part hereof, shall be exempt from dr.ty, and entitled to free entry. SCHEDULE I. Acids acetic, boracic, citric, muriatic, ni tric, and sulphuric ; all books, maps, charts, mathematical, nautical instruments, philoso phical apparatus, and all o'her articles what ever, imported for the ubb of the United States. All philosophical apparatus, instruments, books, maps, and charts; statues, statuary, busts and casts of marble, bronze, alabaster, or plaster of Paris; paintings and drawings, etchings; specimens of sculpture, cabinets of coins, medals, gems, and all collections of an tiquities: Provided, The same be specially im ported in good laun lor tne use or any society incorporated or established for philosophical or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts; or for the use or by the order of any college, academy, school, or seminary of learning in the United States. Alcornoque; Aloes; Amber; Ambergris; Angora or lnt bet, and other goats' hair or mohair; Animal carbon (bone black); Animals, living: Anni- seed; Annatto, roucou, Orleans; Antimony, crude, or reguius or; Argoi, or crude tartar; Arrowroot: Arsenic: Asafcetida : Asnhaltum. Barilla: Barks; Bells, old, and beit-tnetal; Berries, nuts, and vegetable, used in dyeing; Berries, flowers and barks: Bichromate of pot ash; Bismuth; Bitter apples ; Bolting cloths; Bones, burnt, and bone dust. Books, maps, and charts imported by authority of the Joint Library Committee of Congress for the use of the Library of Congress : Provided, That if in any case, a contract shall have been made with any bookseller, importer, or other person for books, maps, or charts, in which contract the booKseller, importer, or other person afore ra :il shall have naid the dutv. or included the duty in said contract, in such case the duty shall not be remitted. Borax, crude ; Borate of lime; Boucho leaves; Brass, in bars and pigs; brass, wnen old, and nt only to be re manufactured; Brazil wood, Brazilletto, and all other dye woods in sticks; Breccia, in blocks or slabs; Brimstone, crude; Bristles; Bronze liquor, Bronze power: Burgundy pitch; Huilding stones; BulIioo,goId and silver; Bun stones, unmanufactured ; Burr stones, wrought or uuwrought. Cabinets of coins, medals, and other collec tions of antiquities; Cadmium; Calamine; Ca meos, mosaics and. precious stones (not set); Camphor, crude ; Cantharides ; Carbonate of soda; Cassia buds ; Castorum ; Chalk; Cham pagne bottles; Clay; Cochineal : Coacoa and cocoa shells; Cedilla, or tow of hemp or flax; uouee and tea, wnen imported direct from tne place of their growth or production in Ameri can vessels or in foreign vessels entitled by re ciprocal treaties to be exempt from discrimi nating duties, tonnage and other charges; Cof fee, the growth or production of the posses sions of the Netherlands, imported from the Netherlands in the same manner: Coins, gold. silver and copper; Copper ore; Copper, when imported for the United States mint; Copper, in pigs or bars, or when old and fit only to be remanufactured ; Cork-tree bark ; Cotton ; Crean. of tartar ; Cubebs ; Cudbear (vege taoiej; uuicn. Dragon's blood. Emery, in lump or pulverized ; Extract of indigo; Extracts and decoctions of logwood, and other dye-woods; Extract of madder. Felt, adhesive, for sheathinir vessels : Flax. unmanufactured; Flint, ground; Flints; Fruits, h uller'8 earth ; Furs, dressed or undressed, when 1 on the skin; Furs, hatters', dressed or undressed, I not on the skin. ! Gamboge; Garden seeds and all other seeds for agricultural, horticultural, medicinal, and manufacturing purposes, not otherwise provided 'for; Ginger, green, ripe, dried, preserved, or ,pickelled; Glass, when old, and fit only to be ' remanufactured. Goods, wares, and merchan 1 dise, the growth, produce, or manufacture of . the United States, exported to a foreign coun try, and brought back again to the United States in the same condition as when exported, upon which no drawback or bounty has been al i lowed : Provided, That all regulations to ascer ' tain the identity thereof, prescribed by existing laws, or which may be prescribed by the Secre , tary of the Treasury, shall be complied with. ! Green turtle ; Grindstones : Guano ; Gums Arabic, Barbary, Copal, East India, Jeddo, , Senegal, Substitute, Tragacanth, and all other gums and resins in a crude state; Gutta percha, unmanufactured. i Hair of all kinds, uncleaned and unmanufac tured; Horns, born tips, bone, bone tips, and i teeth, unmanufactured; Household effects, old 1 and in use, of persons or families from foreign countries, if used abroad by them, and not in tended for any other persoa or persons, or for , sale. , India rubber in bottles, slabs, or sheets, un manufactured ; India rubber, milk of ; Indigo ; ! Iodine, crude; Ipecacuanha; Iridium; Iris or I orris root ; Ivory, unmanufactured ; Ivory nuts or vegetable ivory. I Jalap ; Junk, old. Kelp;-Kermes. i Lac dye ; Lac spirit ; Lac sulphur ; Lastings, 1 cut in strips or patterns of the size and shape for shoes, slippers, boots, bootees, gaiters, or I buttons, exclusively ; Lemon juice, and lemon I juice concentrated; Lime; Lime juice; Liquor ! ice root. i Machinery exclusively designed and express j ly imported for the manufacture of flax and ! linen goods; Madder, ground, and madder root; Manganese; Manna; Manufactures of i mohair cloth, silk twist, or other manufactures j of cloth suitable for the manufacture of shoes, cut into strips, or patterns oi tne size and shape for shoes, slippers, boots, bootees, gai ters, or buttons, exclusively; Maps and charts: Marine coral, unmanufactured; Medicinal roots, leaves, gums, and resins, in a crude state; ModelB of inventions, and other im provements in the arts : Provided, That no ar ticle or articles shall be deemed a model or improvement which can be fitted for use; Moss and other vegetable substances used for mat tresses; Munjeet, (Indian madder;) Music, printed with lines, bound or unbound. Natron; Nickel; Nutgalls; Nux Vomica. Oakum; Ochres and o-hrey earths, dry; Oils, almond, cocoa nut, olive, palm, and teal; Oil, spermacetti, whale, and other fish, of American fisheries, and all other articles the firoduce of such fisheries; Opium; Orange and emon peel ; Orpiment (and realgar) arsenic. Paintings and statuary, the production of American artists residing abroad, and all other paintings and statuary: Provided, Vhe same be imported in good faith as objects of taste and not of merchandise ; Palm leaf un manufactured ; Pavipg-stones ; Pearl or hulled barley : Pearl mother of; Personal and house hold effects (not merchandise) of citizens of the United States dying abroad; Pewter, when old and fit only to be remanufactured ; Plaster of Paris or sulphate of lime, ground or un ground; Platina, unmanufactured; Plumbago or graphite; Polishing stones; Pumice and pumice-stones. Quicksilver. Rags of whatever material, except of wool; Ratans and reeds, unmanufactured; Rotten stone ; Rhubarb. Safflower; Saffron and saffron cake; Sago; Sal ammonia, ammonia, and carbonate ammo nia ; Saltpetre, or nitrate of soda or potash, refined or crude; Salts of tin; Sarsaparilla ; Seedlac. Sheating copper; but no copper to be considered such, and admitted free, except in sheets of forty-eight Inches long and four teen inches wide and weighing from fourteen to thirty-four ounces the square foot. Sheating metal, not wholly or in part iron, ungalvan ized; Sheating paper; Shellac; Shingle-bolts and stave-bolts ; Silk, raw, or as reeled from the co-coon, not being doubled, twisted, or ad vanced in manufacture in anyway; Skins and hides, raw, of al kinds, whether dried, salted, or pickelled, but not including sheep-felts or kins with the wool on ; Smalts; Specimens of natural history, mineralogy, or botany ; Sp!ces of all kinds; Sponges; Spunk; Squills; Sub stance expresaly used for manures; Sulphate and muriate at potash ; Sulphate of ammonia; Sumac" Tallow, marrow, and all other grease, and soap stocks aiTd soap suffs ; Rapioci ; Terne, tin plates ; Terra Japonica or catechu ; Tin foil; Tin; in plates or sheets, ungalvanized : Tin, in pigs, bars, or blocks; Tortoise and other shells, unmanufactured ; Trees, shrubs, bulbs, plants, and rootr, not otherwise provi ded for; Turmeric ; Type metals and old types, fit onlr to be remanufactured. Vanilla beans , Verdigris. Ware, chemical, earthern or pottery, of a capacity exceeding ten gallons: Waste, or shoddy ; Watch materials and unfinished parts of watches; Wearing apparel in actuel use, and other personal effects (not merchandise), professional books, implements, instruments and tools of trade, occupation, or employment, of persons arriving in the United States; Pro vided, That this exemption shall not be con strued to include machinery or ether articles imported for use in any manufacturing estab lishment, or for sale. Weld; Whiting, or Paris white; Woodj o-pastel ; Woods namely, ce der, lignumvlts, ebony, box, granadilla, mahog any, rosewooJ, satin wood, and all cabinet woods. Sheep's wool, unmanufactured, of the value at the port of importation of fifteen cents per pound or less, and of the value of fifty cents per pound or over, and hair ofJth2 nlpacca, the goat, and other like animals, unmanufactured: rrovxaed. Tnat any wool of tne sneep or the hair of tne alpacca, the goat, and other like animals, which shall be Imported with more man inirty-tnree per centum of dirt,yoiic. ours, or impurities of any sort, or which shall be im ported in any other than the ordinary condi tion, as now and heretofore tractieed.or which naiitue cnanged in its cnaracter ror me pur pose or evadinc tne dutv. or wnicu snau ue cleansed or purified, or assorted, so as to raise its vaiue at tne port of importation to uity cents per pound or over, or wmcn snail be re duced in value bv the admixture of dirt, or any foreign substance, to fifteen cents per roui:d or less, shall be subject to pay a duty of thirty per centum, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. Zinc or spelter, in sneets or pigs : Zinc, wnen old, and fit only to be remanufactured. Sec. z. Jlnd be tt luriner enacted, mat ail eoods, wares, and merchandise imported from foreign countries and in the public stores priorto the first dav of Julv next, shall be subiect. on entry thereof for consumption, to no other duty than if the same had been imported, respect ively, alter that day. University of Mississippi. By a recent act of the Legislature, the Governor of the State is made ex officto President of the Board of Trustees. Gov. McRae has now the honor of filling this position. The Board met on Sat urday last for the purpose of making some al teration in the new buildings in progress of construction For the Henphls Appeal. Messrs. Editors: The article which I here with respectfully submit to your consideration for republication in the Appeal, is clipped from a late number of the Richmond Enquirer. The occasion which called it forth was the canvass then pending to supply the vacancy created by the resignation, of the venerable and eminent jurist, John Taylor Lomax. The high estimate in which I hold the sound views with which this communication abounds, and the plain, distinct and practical mode used in presenting them, seem to me to commend it to the thoughtful and intelligent everywhere, es pecially as the experiment of a popular dec tion of the judiciaryTs now determined on. I feel the less hesitancy in soliciting the pro mulgation of the valuable truths developed in this article, because just now, we.have no sim ilar election pending, and therefore, my agency in the matter cannot be attributed to a design to disparage the claims of one, or advance those of another. I regard the principles here so well express ed worthy to be treasured up, as applicable to all times, and suitable landmarks for the guid ance of every civilized community in the per formance of the delicate and important duties to which they relate. T. Memphis, March 1, 1857. From the Richmond Ecqolrtr To the Voters of the Eighth Judicial Circuit. A Virginian, residing far from your circuit. yet feeling a deep interest, in the welfare of every portion of bis mother State, and especial ly in the due working of her judiciary sys'em, negs to suggest a lew thoughts, which, be hopes, may be of use to you, in your present critical condition. Removed, as he is, from the divisions and feuds which may exist amongyou, he is at least a disinterested witness and flat ters himself that if he does not speak with wisdom, he will at least do so with truth and sincerity. If every portion of the government works well and your judicial circuit should be afflict ed with an incompetent judge, the blessings of a practical, conservative, good government will be lost to you. The most of vou are fanners. To what end would it be, to make a good crop and after bousing it, leave the kevs in untrustv hands? The judiciary is the storehouse of your rights of person, property and character; ot wnat use will tnev be, if the Judse. who is . the keeper of the key, unlocks and elves out un' ' ni tmat. IhnB.lr.... . n i 1. 1 1 J 3 v bAUDbo luvgc jtcjs III lUJfJIUfJCI U4I1UB; You are very well or very badly off. Very well, indeed ; much better, I dare say, than the same extent of territory in the known world, if you really possess ten fit persons, for the va cant office ; very badly, alarmingly so, if, with out the qualifications ten gentlemen or their friends, supposed them to be qualified. The due requisites of a good Judere are embodied in ; Judge Lomax; you know what a good Judge is, ami in ueciaing oniue merits "r tne candidates before you, you have onlv to ask. which of them resembles the Judge the most? which of them reminds you most of him? For that man vote. Of all things, don't elect a man inferior to the average talented men of the bar over which he will preside who knows less than they do, or has not as much talent..- They will fool him out of the law when it is against them, and turn and twist him about as if he were a toy in meir nanus, xou who are to be the clients are those who will suffer. Suppose a regiment going to battle, in which the privates had more kuowledge of war than their colonel, would it not be in danger of being whipped? Suppose the boys at school knew more than their teach er, could he teach them anything? Suppose your negroes knew more making a corp than the overseer, would vou not be alarmed about your bread ? The absurdity is as great and the danger may be as important in having a Judge inferior to his bar. You are to be the sufferers, and the only ones. It makes but little difference with the lawyer how the case may go ; his fee is generally safe ; but to you, the suitors, who are to pay the cost and lose the property, it waken a tciy bcuuus auair. me price or a good and bad Judge is just the same. Now, farmers, would you hesitate, at the same price, in taking an able, active, powerful horse, in preference to a pony, slabsided, spavined and uuuu r Now-a-days, a very curious interest has grown up among the lawyers one directly opposed to that of their clients and they are making a good deal of money out of it. I will explain it : The District Courts embrace two circuits; from which appeals lay. A case is for trial before a dunce in the Circuit Court ; the law is either for the plaintiffor defendant ; a talented lawyer on the side which has the law, knows it very well, but when the case comes for trial "he rides jockey," as the racers say; he won't tell the Judge all he knows about the law, and won't try to make mm understand what he does tell him and. I tell vou. it is no easv iob fcr a lawyer to teach hard law to a dunce, even if he is called a Judge. The consequence is, that by keeping the law back, the Judge decides against him exactly what he wishes him to do. He meets his poor client, who bears with beating heart and wet eyes, that his home has been taken from him, or that he has lost a debt which will beggar himself, his wife and twin babies, or that the paper he claims all his slaves under, is really not his father's will lhe lawyer linds him in the very mood he de sires a fine subject for extortion and, after the usual appliances of pity at his bad luck tells him well, "the case has been decided against you ; I did all I could for you; the Judge, of course, knows the law a great deal better than I do; I 'spose he must be right, and 1 could not advise you to spend anymore monev on this case; but as your living and that of your family depends on your success, ami as the Judge may be wrong for all of us, even the wisest, are, at times, liable to err 1 will get an appeal for you, if I can, to the District Court; it I succeed, you must give me half if 1 fail, though it is very hard to work for nothing and tind myseir,iwiu make no charge." The client, poor fellow, really thinks there is reason and kindness in all this. The case must be a very bad one, for Judge Dolt, for whom I electioneered and treated, or Judge Dunce, whom i puuea in tne papers and voted lor as a very sound Whig, certainly would not have de cided the case as he has done, unless the law was against me or very near being so. He acrees to the proposal: the case zoes un: the counsel, who before thought the case against uiui, ujjcuo in tk wiuujfiuaiik iiiduucr, ueiymg an answer to the plain law in favor of his client. and really the case is so plain that no answer can ue maae. so much for having Judge Dolt or Judge Dunce in the Circuit Court. This poor client pays one-half of the property in dispute as a lawyer's fee in the District Court, when, in fact, with an able Judge in the Court below, it never would have been necessary to carry it up. It has become a common saying among law yers practicing in a Circuit, with a good Judge, "we can't make anything in our Circuit our Judge is too able a man, he knows the law too well there is no use in appealing from his de cisions, they can't be reversed." But, in the adjoining Circuit, where they "have Judge Shallowpate to preside, the law is a fortune; they are certain, in every case of importance, to have two fees, one below, and one in the Cir cuit Court, and one of these big-bellied fees in the Circuit Court, is as large as a whole litter of the others." The lawyers do and will make money out of these weak Judges, or rather out of yon, the suitors, through your ignorance. No ! have a Judee like Lomax. before whom his bar felt inferiority whose countenance lighted up bench and bar by its mingled rays of intellect and integrity to whose decisions counsel and suitors submitted cheerfully and confidently. Have a man not to be baffled by Ingenuity or suppression of the law, but who is lawyer enougn to know tae iaw, mouga uie side on which it la s has no counsel at all to exhibit it I presume vou will have but little chance of applying the fol'owing tests to the candidates before you, though it is a very good one, as I E resume, in your Circuit but few appeals nave een taken to the District Court. The lawyer who? advises appeals and succeeds in them, shows a knowledge of his profession, and if he be a man having other requisites, ought to be preferred as Judge. The counsel of the appel lee is on the defensive, he is obliged to fight, wnetnerhe win or not; but the counsel of the appellant wages the war and affirms that be can conquer, and if he generally does so, it is uign evidence ot his ability. Lawyers understand the Qualifications of candidates better than any other class ct the people, for the same reason that a Doctor is tne best judge of disease a farmer of cropping and a blacksmith of iron. It is no disparage ment of others to say this it is net savin? that lawyers have more sense than others, but only that they understand their own business better than others. The opinion of these lawvers. however, after a vacancy has occurrrd, is" not tne one to oe relied on. iney then have a thousand private and secret ends to attain hopes to gratify enmities to satisfy, and rival ries to consult, wno, by tne lawyers, before it was known that Judge Lomax intended to re sign, was thought the ablest man in his pro- icssion r mark that man : You ought to remember that vou are about to employ an agent to do i job a great many jobs, of the utmost importance to you and it may be to your heirs forever. Do it by the same prudent rules by which you employ a tailor or blacksmith, that is, get the man who will do you the most faithful job. One element of selecting them, however, is here removed, for the price is just the Bame. Judge Lomax and Judge Noodle H. Pate, by the law, cost you the same in the way of salary, but the cost of the damage, which the last may do, may be worth all the salaries that all the Lomaxes ever received. Now, in getting a tailor, if he were a good one, he would have certain marks and signs about him, which would go to show j how long and laboriously be had attended to his business; his finger 'and thumb stuck in holes, his countenance wan and pale, with the sedentary nature of bis trade. The blacksmith would show stout arms, burns about his face and bands and a sooty face. These signs would by no means turn you from him in dis gust, and induce you to employ those who did not have them. On the contrary, you would look to them as evidences of industry, bard and continued toil, which alone could have made them good workmen. Every profession ' has left its marks on those who have diligently followed it, and made themselves able in it. A man is no lawyer by mere instinct ; he is not born one ; he must become one by study, toil, labor, and that for many years together. He must deny himself many of the pleasures of life. He must toil in his chair or in court by day, fasting, thinking, reading, writing, speak ing, and sit solitary and secluded by night, long after nature calls him to sleep, when the world has sunk to slumber, his only companions be ing his book and his candle. Now, these things will leave their marks on him, as was done on the tailor and blacksmith. He will become emaciated, lean, diseased, silent, re tiring, thoughtful, and awkward in manner. He would not have acquired the knowledge he has, without contracting these marks. They arc the s-gns of bis success, of his qualifica tions, and, without them, he would not have been qualified. A discreet man would consider all of them, except the ill-health, evidences of fitness, and they would go far to secure his vote. Others, alas! too many, would consider them signs of haughtiness, pride and tyranny, and Mr. Dunce would beat him two to one for the judicial place, provided he could laugh heartily, joke well, and speak flippantly. Be ware of this fatal mistake. If a man will de cide correctly, hear patiently, understand promptly, and save your property, your char acter, and life, when the law awards them to you, what need you care, if he cannot smile, much less laugh, tells no jokes, and bungles in speaking? What if he is studious, and silent and retiring? What is that to you? does it make his decision any the worse? your life and property any the less worth preserving? Are you willing to surrender these, in order to avoid signs, which indicate ability; in order to pur chase stupidity instead of talent? Try Judge Dance one time and let him try the title to your farm, and you may find out, that, valua ble as his services may be, they are not worth to you your homestead. Flippancy in speaking is another cause of error, in selecting a Judge. The American people confide more in this faculty, and are more led astray by it, than any other; and here, I think, is a refutation, in our day and nuic ai icasi, ui ajl ruiikuus ujnuiun, auirai selecting a judjre He was for leaviDz it to the lawyers, as they would wiih to set out of their way, the best lawyer, in order to get his prac tice. Bat the largest practice, certainly in the country and generally in the towns, is not in the hands of the ablest men, bat of the most flippant men. This is owins much to the form of Gorernment, in which elocution enters into every part of its administration, ar.d more to the powers of Juries, who have the trial of bo many cases and who are so independent, in practice at least, of the bench. Now the ablest Judges are hardly ever fluent men, be cause theirs is the exercise of judgment. Their business iB to think, to discriminate, to decide and cot to talk, or prsduce arguments. If our Judges were all dumb it would not, in the least, impair their efficiency, and most of them and the public would be better off for it, if no other faculty would be thereby impaired. If they bad, to. say everything in writing, it would be more distinct, better considered and better appealed from, when wrong. . Flippancy is generally attended with quickness of mind, and a gay manner, that pleases the multitude and entices practice. But it :s almost always superficial, impatient of study and labor, and vainly relies on its own Buf&ciency to sustain it, without attempting improvement. Errors follow in its train. Nothing bat that contin ued and perpetual study, thought and labor, which it so much dislikes, can supply the ever increasing demand for law knowledge, which a Judge is constantly experiencing. The best advocates never make the best, or even good Judges. The requisites for the two are not only not the same, but they are con dieting. The advocate is to conrince or per suade that his client is right, whether, in fact, he be so or not. The Judge decides who is right. The one produces arguments, the other weighs them. The one loads the scales, th other balances them. To the one, a nice per ception of truth is not necessary, it is oiten in his way; to the other it is all important. By a long and successful advocacy of causes at the bar, the lawyer so accomplishes himself in these qualities, which are opposed to the mere faculty of calm, deliberate judgment, as to be come unfit for the bench, whereas had he been put earlier on it, he might have rnade a most eminent Judge. History f iirnishesmany exam ples of this sort. Erokine was one of the first advocates one of je poorest of Judges. Blackstone, the poo.estof advocates, one of the first of Judges. If an advocate can be found possessing the requisites of Judge, he must be taken early in his career, before 'the mental habits of the advocate have fastened so firmly on him, as to unfit him for the bench. From appearance, I am glad to find, that the monster party is not likely to enter into the election. What reason can there be for inquir ing into the politics of the candidate, any more than making a similar Inquiry in employing the tailor or carpenter? Whatever inteiest the politicians may have in making this inquiry, and they have it in all elections, the people have none, and they ought to permit the dema gogues to have no participation in the matter. But, if politics are to be,, considered, there is but one way of managing the affair: let the two parties meet and make their nomination tnus tne beat men ot eacn party will be pre sented, and inferior pretenders will be put out. There is great danger in your full field that a mere plurality candidate will De elected tne largest county may thus elect the Judre. though he may not get a vote beyond it. And on can didate, it seems, is proposed to be voted for in Hanover I This is a defect in the Constitution: il. 1 ill .... . . me reraeuy is wun you. i nat remedy consists in putting yourselves to the trouble of ascer taining tne true man, ana discardinrr party thoughts and small trifling preiudicesr which do not reach to the merits of the candidate : fro i in . , ... - ooiaiytorwara ana secure your ngnts or prop erty and person, maintain the dignity and purity of the bench; elevate your own position and judgment by voting for that man whom you find to be incorruptible, firm, just, clear-minded, laborious and learned in ti-e law. You are about to take leave of one of that kind. I sin cerely hope that out of ten, you may find true who ia his equal. MARSHALL. HehareabLe Recotery. A negro boj"i about twelve years of age, belongim; to Mr. Samuel Miller of this county, waa kicked by & mule a few weeks since, Immediately orer the left eys on the frontal cone, greatly fracturing it, forcing a number of pieces of bone into the brain, from one to two inches in length. A considerable portion of the brain escaped du ring the operation of extracting the spicula of bone, and continued to escape until me parts were closed by suture. The boy ia now entire ly recovered, and attending lo his ordinary du ties on th farm. Tuscaloosa Observer. MEMPHIS THEATEE. D. T. ASH, f... Manager. Treasurer. H. P. JOHNSON,- tui Xltht ot thert-ennasementot the Great American Tragic Actrtsa, MISS ELIZA LOGAN! rprTKSDAT, March 3d, 1857. Sergrnt Talfeurd'a rreit JL xrazray or iU.N ; or, T&e reanoilae. Ion. Xla E Lcfaa; Ailartaj, Mr Lawier; JCedar, Mr. Yindtnn; AgedertMr. Brydn ; Clealpcan, Tyrrell. DANCE, Mix C Sinclair. Tocondsde with the new Farce ot THE TOUMPIXG LEGACT. Jerry Omlneua. Mr. J. Sailth S3" Variant xb-Teitles are In preparation. AUMIS3IO.S". Boim, Si; Parquette, t; Second Claw, 20 centa ; Colored Gallery, 25 ctnta. inir3-U DRAY MULE FOR SALE. ANT perioa wUhlQZ to purchase a good Drar 31. af nle, can to a t' application at tae counting room or the ArrsALOWicK. mar3 tf NOTICE. DR. SAUXDEBS' office at I. il. Store, near the Pott Office. Sledja k. Co.'b Dreg roarj-tf NOTICE TS nerthy gyres that anfleiest amount of ttork hai Xoeentakeatoortaa'n the Memphis Theatre Companv. aoJ the Stockholders are netlfltd ts rautattho office t James Wiekerabam. In Memphis, on the 14th day of March, 1667. at 5 o'clock r. 31., to elect a Board of Dlrc- urs or san fjompany. D. T. ASH. 1 tT. A. BLTTHE. Commissioners. mar3-lM J. OTCCZRSHAM. ) Gtrass Seed. PEYTON & OARBIK hare now la atore and for sale law for cub. Bed Clorer, Timothy, Herds, Orchard am Kentucky nine urass see, wholesale ana nun. Al-o, Arboar Tits and Osaga Orange Seed. mar3-dtwa2w FOR SALE. C3 1-2 Aorcs of" 3L.iqj.c3L, "ITIIacoiaf3rU.lo DwHlisg, a god well af water, and other ooBTeoieBt ftxtnres. naif of the land is cleared. The tract lies frontlnr th Ormantowa Plank road, two mUes front Mera- Dhls at present occsptea oy air. Monrning. The abore is offered at $350 per acre, one-f artb. cask, balan"e in or., two and three years, with interest from data Apply ta n CRAFT, Agent, marj-twlm Hotly Sprisgs, MUs. JOBS W. C. WATS0X..IIEBTCBArr..SAM'LBET05 WATSON. CRAFT & BENTON, 1 TT0EXET3 AT LAtT, jToHy Springs MIs., will at l tend tha Courts of North Mississippi, and giro spe cial attention to the collection of all claims esiruiiea to them. They will also attend to bssieefs from the Third or Northern District of the Slate in the High Court of Errors and Appeals at Jackson. mar3 datwim 10o7. 1QC7. SPRING & SUMMER TRADE. COSSITT, HILL & TALMADGE, HATEBECZITED A LABOE STOCK Or STAPLE AND FAXCY DRT GOODS A PAPTED to both city and country trade, cosaUUng in XA. P1 or tne rouowing in . Plain, Twill d and Striped Osaaburga; Brown and Bleached Sheetings aadSelrtisgs ; Brawn and BHached Drill J aBdJeans; Blay, Bloae and Yellow Linens, H and 4-4; Cottoeades, DeLlms. Camlets and Nankeens ; Cotton Veiret Mosquito Nettings, Cambrtcj ; Prints, Irish Linens, Jaconets; rials. Checked and Spot Swiss MusHas ; Lawns, Organdies, Plain and Fancy Berages : Silk Tisanes, ic , &c. We hire also reetlTtd a full stock of Boots and Shoes, Hats. Caps and Straw Goods. Also a large assortment of SAddlory. and ie addition to the above, would invite attention to osr Stick oi Beady-Mado Clothing, whi'-h is very large and well suited to this section of country. Our f aeiliUes for baying and setting goods lotr, are not surpassed by houses in the trade la any market. and we invite the attention ot Merchants generally to 6ar stock, and ksk them u examiao go ids and prices, bdfcvise it wm oe ror their interest to make their pur chases ot us. mar3 dlmlf FIFTY THOUSAND pounds Ba kPoik, for sale by HANCOCK, CLARK k CO., asarS No IS Fr.nt Row. rp WEXTT tiirces Sugar-Carred Hara fur sale by 1 HANCOCK, CLARE fc CO., aar3 No. 16 Front Bow. V.. A. HO li M. IS S' IKPBOVXD SEAMLESS WHALEBONE SKIRTS WE take pleasure in asjaln Introducing our Improved S'araiess Skirt, as bttag tho laott acceptable and rettatto article in market ; we are aware that many new styles called iapr. vements are before thepubiic, such as India Raster, Gatla Percha, Rattan, xc., all of whlca we hare if called for but eaoaot recommend them. we haveespertaesledwitb and tested them all (most of them two years stsce.i suMnitnog tneoi to tne uag meat of competent ladies to decide upon their merits, and have (ouBd taeat from actaal use, ta be ia all important aspects, decidedly inferior to our properly prepared whalebone, which has been in use the cast two years. and for which has been expres.ed frvm all parts of the enntrr entire ratisfactioa; and we have the more posl tive evidence from oar own large retail trade, amounting ta many dozens per day. Therefore we coat dentlylie- commeoded oar Skirts to be tho least objectionable of no ether Start, the most important of which is our If- riet of elastic Cords at the bottom, made f torn the only material that can be u-ed, that will recover its pUco when pressed oat of shape, will not roll nor curl, is net aOected by hat or com ana can Be wasneu witnoui IDja ry These cords at the bottom, lasload of bones, which ar exceedingly awkward and inconvenient, with our own nresared bones above and a fabric manufactnred by oar- selves xp-esly for oar goods, in our estimation and the estimation ot thousands who have ued them, produce a Skirt, and the only Skirt equally adapted to the parlor, tb st-eet, and the crowd, giviBg a proper, graceful and elegant form to a Ladies' Dress; light, pliable, ea.By adjusted and in every respect a complete article. Tha vaMtc are cautioned against all Imitations or other good: ca.led Seamless Skirts. Every genniae article is stamped, B aj. Holmes' Improved Seamless Whalebone Skirt and are for sale at 99 afarket street Philadelphia, and la the principal Jobbing Houses in New Tork and Boston, BOSTON, Feb I, 1857. K. &. J.HOLilKS i. CO. mars w6m GEO. FLAHERTY & BRO., TIAVE received, per steamer Memphis jr sacs extensive additions to their former stock of Pianos Ifeiodeo s fine and com moa Fatnitnre, of every style and variety, as moat fully jastify ns in asserme the merchants ot oar city that their orders in lavor of their planting f rienda in the country . can be attended to I a manner to Insure entire ratl.f action. GEO. FLAHERTY & BRO., marl Corner Main and Union streets, Memphis. FOIL SALE. I OFFER for sale one and a half acre, or the whole of my Lot. It is high, dry. healthy, am: wed imp-'oved, with a larce number of choice Frrit Trees on It, and enclosed with a good ptank fence. U lies on the ruirth side nf Bass street, or Adams street when extended, ne-fouith ot a mile east of the corporation line. Inquire on the premises. fe!i2J-dlm CHAS. T. HEIDEL. MOVEY LOST. "N Friday, between the honrs ot Ave and ten o'clock r. VJ M , In the city, or within six ml:es on the Horn Lake road, a PORTMONJUE, containing alout one hun dred and sixty dollars in cash, two fifties and the balance small bills. Also, one tax receipt signed by J. D. Ni chols. DeSot). Miss ABy person fl' di' g the above will be liberally rewarded by leaving it with Stewart, King a. Co., jso from now. marl-2t M. ELLIS. 1rf BSLS. nrrlson's Kr ra Four; IJU fiObbls. and SO half bhls. Mackerel; ;0 drums Codflh, 60 kits Mackerel, Nos. I aid 2; 10caksHams 10 casks Sides; CO casks Bysss' London Porter; 100 boxes Hnstetter's Bitters ; SO " White Wine. 60 boxe Claret; 10 casks Claret, 100 box- s Star Candles; 100 bags Coffee, 25 dim Brooms ; 10 bbls R-ll Bitter, 60 gross Garret'a Snuff; 20 cases Sardines 6 boxes Caeese ; 60 bbls and SO half bbls Dexter's Whisky; 75 bbls Harris' Ale, 100 bMs Whisky ; S3 boxes Lemon Syrup, 60 boxes Pickles; 60 " Soda Crackers. SO bbls Pic-Nic Crackers; SO " Pie Fruit, SO b ,xes Raisins ; SO dozen Oysters. 50 doien Washboards ; 10 bbls eranberries. SO dozen Bed Cords. ALSO. Oranges, Lemons, Cceasuts, Figs, Tobacco, Sugar, Molassei, &c. For sale by J. F. FRANK, marl No. 35 Front Row. 100 CASKS assorted Cordial, for sale by H. H POTTER. Mam street, Third dr North Worsham H'f, marl 100 marl CASES Pure Juice Port Wloe. for sale by H. n POTTER, Main street. Third doer North ot Worsham Honre. 100 raarl CASES Hosteller's Bitters, lor sale by n. a POTTER, Mala street, Third deer North of Worsham House. NE HUNDRED cases Bioth &Sedgewlck London Cor- J dial Gin, in store and for rale by n. H. POTTER. Main street, marl Third door North of Worsham House. 0 sale by H. H. POTTER. Main street, Third door North of Worsham Hons. marl rpwO HUNDRED bbls Pittsburgh Ale, In store and for 1 sale oy ll. n. ruiiaiH ...v.., mart Third doer North of Worsham House. T II M WORKS OF HENDEICK CONSCIENCE, THE GEEAT FLEMISH ATJTHOE. THK LION OF FLANDERS; VEVA; Or. Tho War of the Peasants; TnE CONSCRIPT; CURSE OF THE VILLAGE; COUNT nUGO OF CROENHOE; TnE miser; RiOKETIGKTACK, Jnst received at GEO. PATTISOX &. CO.'S, BOOKSELLERS, Main street, ene dosr south of Walker's Block. fsb-27 1. A. MOOS .j. p. Krrus MOO! & RERiY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, General Collecting and Land Agents, for theNerthern and Eastern .Counties of Arkansas, DE3 ARO, ARK. tetes-dawly XOTICE TO 1 HE WORLD. ALL persoas are hereby forewarned not torade for anv nronertv at r resent owned by CHAS. J HES TER In the Stale, as I have bought the same, and am rtady te close my contract at any time. I am determined ta prosecute my at to the extent ef lit law.' t tKS-1 w A.u.6Hia. FAMILY OP NEGBOES. &c. &o.. u9wt .xiotioxx. WILL teH. on VED.S'ESDAT. lh tnat.. at 10 'dncV. X at By mart, touth .Me of Co-rt Squart, Four Xegroes, CAROLIKB. azed abont 25 Tears, a rood Coat, wuin and Irooer, and her three chHdren, MA&TELLEX, aged abont 7 ytars: LUCT. " " 3 BOSANJfA, " Also, A lari variety of rnrnnnre. Planoi, Groceries, ke. "- a. WALLA CB, Anatlecaar. REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION. ON TUESDAT, the 3d day of March next, at 10 o'clock A. St.. I wH! sell at ray Aactloa Rooms, a two.starv brick House aid Lot, part ot Lot No. 190, fronting 14 feet on Main street by 80 feet deep. Alsj, House and Lot adjoining, 21 feet front by SO tt deep. rrrai-One-half cash, balance in 12 months. Also, the East half ot Lot No. 290. betnz on the corner ot Mala and Overton streets. Also, two improved Lots, frontier together It V foot on the West sid of Second street by 71 X feet deep oa the South side of O't'toa street. Terms One-half cash, balance in 12 months. Also, Southeast corner of LatNo. 210. frontlni-an tha North side of Poplar street 25 feer by a depth on Second Alley ot 10 feet, and known as Oraaferd's blacksmith. shop. Terms made known at sale Also, Lot 4 in tlock 34, floating 89 fret on St. Patrick street by 183 feet deep to St. MarOa street r Improved with a dwellier of 44 by 44 feet square, kitchen, weHf fcs. a rrmi-siww casa, oaiance in o ana iz months. Also, La; oa Southwest comer of Linden and Se3ota streets, being 200 feet square. Terms easy Also, Lot 1 4 in Mock 25. fronting SO feet on Lisdtn or 150 feet deep, improved with a good dweHtng with Svo rooms, brick basement, kitchen, etstera, &c, alt new and ia god order. Terms $1000 cash, balance la , 12 and IS months. Also, two two-ston Brick Houses oa the North side of Adam street, oa Lot No. , adjoining Mr. White's atarate iara. Terms One-third cash, balance in 9 and 12 menths. G. B LOOSE, fei.3t-ld Auctioneer and Real Estate Broker. GRE EIYJj A. WS W&ITIOJY LOTS AT AUCTION'. ON WEDNESDAY; the 4th day or March next, I Trt3 sell at Auction on the premises, Twenty-Four Loib, Fronting on Second, Third Foartfc and Fifth streets, be ing Nos. 35, 64. 65, Sfi. 73, 75. 7. 77. 100. 191. 99. 123, 124. 127, 12S, 147, 149. 150. 151, 152, 179, 180andlS3. TLls property elllrrMy located asl is enhancing ia value more rapidly than any property ia the city or vicinity of Memphis. G. 3. LOCtHf- Auctioneer and Real Estate Broker. P. S. Addition to selesoHeiled. G. Bi-L., feb!2-tdt ' " Valnablc City Property for Sale. ' OFFER for sale, upon easy terms, the foBowing desl . rable property: Two Lo a oa the south side of Madison street. 24 K feet front each by H8H feet deep, being part of Lota No. 247 and 243, adjoining the property of J Speeht, Esq. House and Lot on the north side of Beal street, being on Lot No 13, B.ock 2, 90 feet front by 240 feet deep. Vacant Lot adjoierng. 90 feet front by 240 feet deep. Lotr 65 and 63. la Hill's Addition, fronting 102 feet each on Sazette street by ISO feet deep. Lots 15, IS IV 17, la Gov Jones and Cat. Dupree's Ad dition, fronting SO feet each en the west side of Jones Avenue by its feet a rep. If tie above property is not sold privately, It wm bo seH at i act km, at G B. Leake's Auction Booms, on WEDNESDAY, the Iglh of March next. For terms ap ply to D. COCKRELL, or U. B LOGKJS, feVit-tds Auctioneer and Real Estate Broker. E. HarATHETT S. K. ST0SI3U L THOMPSON & CO., (succruoxs TO E. JL. XACISr,) IMPORTERS AXD DEALERS IN Fine Brandies, Wines, Havana Clg ar s9 AS TXTE rtSEST QCALITV 8P HLRGINI A TOBACCO, lV3 Orto CL TT-n-nrr JEFFERSON STREET, (Breathett & Siener'a Bunding,) Between Mala aad second. JUST RECEIVED Brandies, Henry Moaate fc.Ce.,IS10( COM Castillon, 1815 ; Old Lamoade, 1328; uki uocneu, ana ata'rem nranaings, Wines, Champagne and Claret ; Old Sooth side Maderia, Topaz Sherry ; Champagne, Fieur de Boagy , Criam da ; Crecent, Olivier. Old Champertin Bergandy ; OM Vienx Caps Sparkling Berguady ; Clarets, Chataux Margeaux, La tour Glass Stepper) Laflte, St. Estphe, and other brands, too numerous to mention. Scotch Ale. Loadaa Porter ; Fancy Groceries, Jtc.t kc feK5-dJm S3" Hotly Springs Democrat copy three months, aad send bB to this efSce for eoDecUon. SEEDS. WE have just received a fresh supply of Bed (Rover, Blue Grass and Timothy Seed. L0WSSS,0B8ltLltO., , Agricultural Ware roams, 13 aad 14 FronWtirw. teb25-lm . GRASS SEEDS! FRESH CLOVER. Herds Grass, Orchard 6rusMMst let, Lucerne, White Clover, Blue Grass, aad) ajars stotr of Laaarews uaroea seeus, ror sale r WARS fc. JONES, 239 Mala atreet. feb25-daw2w For Sale. A LTCELT NEGRO BOT. a tolerabie good PUs- terer. Apply to febiS-lw No 17 Front Row. City Tax Payers. C1TT TAX PATERS ar njttned that the Tax. Book for the current corporate year is new made but, and will be kept at the ofSce of the Mayor, where &H persons interested are earnestly invited to call and settle, f ebl3 JOHN NEWSOM. City Tax Cel. LOCKETS! LOCKETS! TTJST rec ived, a One assortment of superior GOLD J LOCKETS, made expresstv for Melaimtypesby W H. DESHONG. 131 Mala street, febl3 Opposite the Worsham House. Lawyers' Institute ot West Ten nessee. THE first anniversary of the Lawyers' Institute win be heed at Jackson, on THURSDAY, the 16th ef April next. Addresses may be expected from distin guished members of the profession. A fun attendance at the bar ot West Tennessee is desired. feb21-daw3l JOHN M. MORRILL, Gen. Sec'y. Received per steamer Memphis. BEDSTEADS, TaUes, Sofas, Barons, Desk, Chairs, ot svery variet and style. Including fifty delta Split Chain, best quality. Send In your orders to. GEO. FLAHERTY & BRO., f ebl 4 O rner Maia aad Union. Sixty Jegroes3 A. JUST received from North Carolina, South Caro 5? Una, Georgia and Kentucky among them two good ' A. Blackmitb. feb24-dawlm N B. FORREST. CHARLES N. ERICH, IMPOHTXR OP FOREIGN LUXURIES, AXD D CALEB. I2S FAXCT AND FAMILY GROCERIES, 32S MAIX-ST., WEST SIDE, (SOUTH OF UNION STREET,) AS Just received a large assortment of EUROPEAN LUXURIES, soch asPrujMsnCeeeBreasi, Bruns wick Sausages. Eel in Gelee Pafea de Fcnes (TOies, is Canard, de Beeattes en Truffe. Green Vegetables, con sisting of Asparagui, Bans. Peas, etc.; Anjovlsh, Hol land Herrings, Limburg and Sap Sago Cheese, French Chocolate, German Prunes, Rhenish, Hungarian M-Mel and French WINES, Cove Oysters. Lobsters, Sardines. Sauces, Pickles, etc. . and general assertme it ot FANGT and FAMILY GROCERIkS. Many of the above articles are forth" first time Im ported into the United States, aad caa be had in Mem phis ONLY of CHAS N. ERICH. feh-20 tf J. E. CHADWICR'S ADYERTISEMESTS Will Always be Found In This Column. PERSONS wishing to know what he has to eH,tr what he may want to buy for any of his customer, will be sure to and it in the last column, oa 'he SECOND PAGE. Remember that, and save.yourseM the trouble of looking all over the paper. All business entrusted tame wia be attended to car fully and with dispatch. Office aiadtsen. Street, opposite Union Bank. INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL AGENCY. Gtna Fire and Inland Xarisf tion Insurance Company, CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $1,000,00 Hartford Fire Insurance Co., CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $100,000 Charter OaK Life Insurance Co. CAPITAL AND URPLUS $100,00. POLICIES issued on reasonable terms. Losses equita bly adjusted and promptly paid. FOR SALE Seven Acres of Land, covered with, flea fruit Trees, within halt a mile of the city limits, on the Hernando Plank Road. Inquire of J E. CHADWICC, Memphis Land Office, aeplJ Opposite Union Bank MEXAliXOTrPES ! WELAIS0T1 PES ! DrSHOS'GS GALLERY crowded dally great rush for the Melalnotype. They are unlike the Ambretype , Daguerreotype, or Sphereotype. THEY WILL NEVER FADE. Beware ! Spurious imitations are being made black oa paper. The unwary are liable to be imposed upon with, these worthless counterfeits. None genuine unless taken by W H. DeSHONG, he having the exclusive right of Memphis, for the Melaln otype Patsnt. GaBery, 181 Main street, opposite tha Worhara Ilonse, feb7 Iiook Out for tho Engine when the Bell Kings!! G-x-oat Hoduotion. HAVING Just received oneot Geo. D. WlneheH's beaa t'ful STEAM ENGINES, and a largo stock of Sta tlonet., suitable for every grade and stylo of Plain and Pancr Printing, from the most delicate Visiting Card to the laigest slxe Poster, wi are prepared and determined to do vtrk cheaper, bitter, and more promptly than ever before done in Memphis. We have added a large quanti ty, and are S.UI adding all ef the latest styles ot Job Ma terial U. ow already extensive stock, ard also some ot the lates and most Improved Printing Presses, whklr enable ns to do work cheaper, better and more promptly than has ever ben done here before. We have oneef the best Card Presses enr broathl to the city, and we can print Cards at a much lower figure than heretofore. The BEN FRANKLIN OFFICE Is on the earner of Main aad Adams streets, opposite Worsham Hesse. Wa rnvlte all our friends and these who wsntneat work (Lja cheap and promptly lo give us a eD. . , . . , . . h. t. fin jvtpecuojiy, a. i. .1 uiu.i uuM . feKMw Proprietor?