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THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL. J ESTABLISHED 1840. SMITH. Tr,c an Who Usurps Leftwich Seat Done up in Natural Colors General "Jerusalem" W. J. Smith as he Appears to Don Piatt. Don Piatt, in a recent letter from Washington to the Cincinnati 0,i fiterc;al,eays: If any half-dozen spec tators in the paliery of the House were called upon, separately, to poiut out, in the crowd of members below, the one that, from his fret-up, gave the best evidence of being there through some violent eruption, or mud volca no, in our social and political forma tion, each would select a ijueer. littie, slender creature, who, continually shambling about, exhibitsa body thut came into the world only half made up, and that so lamely that even 'Moses & Son fail to give it the semblance of a mrtn. His small, beardless face has but one expression, and that is of iow cun ning. His head ofdry, withered hair -uvvests jmverty of soil, and cries out bra top dre-iiif; oi r-orae rich frrtili- . i is a i-ross u I ween Uriah lleej ftd Tim Dotlge. Ufa maimer carries in it an humble ioiogy for leing alive, and his movements suggest moral irregularity. This is the Hon. W. J. Smith, of the tiglnh District of Tennessee, com mon !v called, where he is best or worst known, "Old Jerusalem." His political career, lately investigated and about to te published byiiiellou-e Committee on Elections, one of the "mo-t extraordinary ever known, iiher in tic'.ion or fact, and goes to sfcow what the South has brought upon IteeW by the wicked aud unholy war against the best government in 'a" world. H'jjere old Jerusalem originated is -u-wt. There is a belief that he was ei, ' il) a moraent of extreme nausea Ir'm the State of Vermont. Bu- I am unwilling that the Gn-eu Mountain State should be heid respon sible for such an evil. As seven cities claimed the honor .I'l being the hirth RftjM of llomer,so tVirty-x Statts W prepared to make alhdavit that oZdJaraaateaa did not ordinate with them. . ' ... . The first sre know of him, positive ly, he was a peddfar of peanuts and MUfrdmpa ou the Memphis and Cha final on Bailraad. it was 'lK that he had tailed in the house sud tiigii-paiiitiiig baainwWi and a iodoru uinl dejected mail Was said to be aoout. ouce a partner in the ou-iuess, but alter tne only remaining a--ei. Ji was tart.i -r a-vr.ed mat at the Grand J auction Old Jerusalem held, owut-d and occupied a half acre de moted to htatlmmiral products, com mmutT cattM a nursery. For tins 1 cau-inot vouch, aud must say that it is very doutjtiul. But lor the peanut and tfuui-drops 1 can answer, as I have conversed with intelligent and re spectable people, who have suffered from seeing aud dealing with the trailer in that capacity hen the war broke out Old Je- niiet 1 turned up betas the world; Ji;m sterol the First West 9m lias en- , I Vlil. He was fitting Ouar- i - f. tiiis bodv of gallant Ci-ntlemen, who. .;lging their lives, lortunes aud sacred hoor to the holy -ause, asked nothing iu ri-iurn, being :niiieutly eaaathle ot lr-iug un cs 1R,IHV,ailU lallJUglU IUl,Kinwmn, j with their arms, a livelihood out ot j their frieutls. Old J--rustle ni would ( have preferred being sutler, but that i u-elui othee was aoolisneu oy a pro btmi ea .auingout of theestabliah uient in about fineen minutes by the rallant gentleman of the spurs. " No li-arnctl aud elaborate historian ha appeared to give us Tennessee in the war, so that 1 am at a los- in put ting to r.- oni the daring deeds oi th is renowned regiment, j am inclined to believe, however, that it v an engaged jnthe less dangerous, but more ardu ous, duty of supportiug itself. We may gather what this amounted to ven we Wm through the records of u t. ""ar Depart nai-nt, that it required the . of tweutv-two men.t.; sup- the ratio nily of the Quartermaster , AU.. . .. I . 1 ..1.1 tHirt the lai. -e that some absunl old alone. It is ti -ixj as Brigadier uud pumps, who figu. -ti to this infor-Mttjor-GeiioraK obje, - SjBjd profundi mal modettf priK-eedinu, lamaateoa, the arrest of the Vem-rable . lj-oui-and eharffed him with conduct t ing a convict, and but fur the st.. i, lti-s of the papers, at Xa-hville, ti. patriotic Solon would now, in ali probability, lie in durance vile, in stead of aartiaw as a light from Ten nessee in the Congress of the United Suites. Esuping the absurd formalities of military law, our hero afterward fig ured as Major ot the regiment, and, in the alenee of his superior officers, signed himself, luminously, a-tin Lieutenant-Colonel. As acting Lieutenant-Colonel, however, heeoiitinaed hi- y-tem of peeuliar annttaB, BUM to robbing a church. But the church was of the Methodist Church South, long betas given over to the devil, and, then-fore, a proper subject for a forcitl loan. The war being ended, an .l the great State under proeesa ol reconstruction, sanctioned, guided and controlled iy the pious Bro wnlow. Old Jerasdem had himself return -d to the Leffisbv ture by hi- own gallant regiment, and appeared iu that august body, a Smith, of Hardeman. AS A l.EGISI.ATOIl. He lKnied up larger as a law-maker than he had as a military law breaker. The bills he introduced were numerous, and. looking to the public good generally, kept Old Jerusalem's interests in view all the time. t ne biil, passed to a law, creabtl an im mouse freight company for the cityot Memphis. Memphis had suf taed during the war to such an ex tent that -he was aetually without a freight e impatiy. Smith, of Hartle mau, made one. It was iunneuse. It was so gr-at that no 'other com pa ny was thought to be necessary and this charter said so. It ruled nut all others. An old woman could not fend home a basket ol potatoes by any other means than the great Memphis Freight Company. For this lar-seeing and patriotic ef fort Old Jerusalem received the re compense ot great reward in the shape of twenty-five thousand dollars worth of stock. Unfortunately for the old festive cuss, the courts intervened, and knocked the great company eial wirie. The stock collapsed, and the venerable Smith considered himself an ill -list 'I man. His next move was to augment tin fare on the Memphis Street Bail road from live to ten cents. For this he received the pitiful sum of five thou nd dollars He then procured the s. Taire of a law incorporating a com pas. -the old Memphis Freight Company- ;nd that gave it possession of pauy, m. -8 and bridges thereon lead all the roa tphls, with the right to ing into ifBk -aid company so arlah repait them it s rate fon-ing it to ed; and at any ntads made and charge toll. Thus . -ieople were in bridgt built by the , -fe of Smith, geniou-ly jut in the ban. -vman and an old artner naniitl Merr. jthout one Slack, a !rolhor-in-ia , vrhe the exjienditure of a cent. tfi Ihc ciiinpanv oix yeii me i uii" - .. lecteil toll. Venerable coloml pel sons who had traversed these routi from early childhood, free, were ca led upon for their ten cents, and not al lowed to pas without this small amount of fractional currency. The Memphis papers made them- ; .ilv Mtisurd bv prott-t- 7" M- ' ?n oractice. And they at-tice. .ivnu , to get pathetic ing- who tri-d to wintry night, aud .urv was even went so far as to get over an old jaberiutnr . ., a hridce one win' T. : iu,. mv.uuirv dime was riven off The poor old creature, ob-et-ti.nr to freeze to death so near home, attempted to wade the river and was drHteDbody was fished out a iew.days nfter, with his gray eyes staring at the piaieas world as if very much aston- itned, and his old witherwl hands ! benefit to be derived from the same is irozen above his head, as if the ridicu- by a favored few, who, like den. i re lous Did creature had been calling ! raont, can afford to board at the Ar uoon God to do somethinir about it. ' linsrUm House and pay $),''" pir He ought not to have tried to evade the law and swindle the company. He was so useful to the sinful and stupid city of Memphis as the mem ber from frank-man, that at the next j election he was returned as the JSena- : tor from that rebellious place. Mem- j phis was unhappy, of course. But I hold that Old Jerusalem is sent as a punishment to the rebellious and stiff-necked sinners. From the State Besate of TenneaaM to the Congress of the United (States is but one step for such a Smith. And here he is, with his seat assailed contested, as it is called by another man who claims to be more duly elected than Old Je rusalem. AS A CLAIMANT. The biography of this remarkable man would lie incomplete without reference to his wonderful talent as a claimant. Toward the close of the war he ap pears! before General Hurlbut, then In command at Memphis, with a claim of fsWitO for damages done liim by the reikis. The General's military bowels of compassion were so moved tint lie issued an order assessing the loss upon the rebels of Hardeman, each mother's son of them to pay in proportion to his worldly goods. These wicked rebels were assessed and exmotkm had; for that the nur sery of Grand Junction had been de spoiled. linnos were seized and sold, hou-ehoid furuiiure put up, and even pot- tad paas levied upon, that Old jeru.-aiem might be rebuilt. Not content, however, with this raid, Smith, of Hardeman, while in the rishtUire, came back with 1 1 i ! claims, that ha.I now grown to eight llliill-ituu tltJllHis-. lilt inie us (ie :su moved Qeh. Qaotgc H. Thomas, that he, al-o, i-suedan order ot assessment. But, tortunateiy lor the wicked reueis of Hardeman, the order passed through Gen. Washburue's hands, then in eommaiidat Memphis, and he stopped it in tranifit, calling Gen. Thomas' attention tothe fact that said claim, in its infancy, had been satis- lied Then the Venerable Jerusalem turn- ed his attention toConsnv.ss. He sent thither his promising claim, that had now grown to the enormous magni tude of twenty-two thousaud dollars It is a precious document. The nur sery and peanut stand of the Grand Junction have grown into a planta tion. The plantation has been rava ged. The items are civen with painful accuiacv, down to two ducks ami mx chickens. The claim was forwarded to the Hon. Mr. Stokes, aud as it seemed to baas drearily on Stokes hands, Ancient Jerusalem procured his st-i-alitd return to Congress, and was s'-arcely sworn in before the Hon. Stttkts Handed him tho papers,saying, " rbpre't your claim; now prosecute ItyewnaifP I learq frotn some member of the Commune ou Kl'vtior.s and from thence I get the details for ttU pleas imf little lii-torical sketch that the seat cmii-.-ti u,-, ni...n.., , alter tne noiways in nacnwi salem will probably pe turned out, io go, once more, into tne uemi nnti or- liallieniai pursuit oi peauuis ai;uf;uiii- drops, raeu nfJT r.n r fCiViv i v I ' Tho Memphis. El Paso and RailiM C-mpany. pacific j The Cornoraiicn to Which Memphis c ! u C4n.i, has bSitl Her OtOCK. ; it is Sowing Over Its Stock Broadcast ' the Country. From the iMfcrrflki t'ourier-.Ioui ual. The special correspondent of the V.i'iri i naranf. at ashington.givts us some hints aa to the managein-lit of this enterprise which are decidely interesting to itarties who are ac- .."ainteil with statements heretofore 1 , , 1 1. 1. - A I niatic by mem, auu wim me uciuai status of that .c-xi.rrn. 'this special corresiMiiuienf is. or at iest he says he is, a Uceptoria the scheme. Certainly ! ably, and 1 return you, for one, heart he takes a great interest in it if the I felt thanks for so-doing. The writer piles of stock he is represented to have i it are not exaggerated. Jt is. wi- ihnik. well to examine into the status the iiuiA. -o-e corporation since it is - before the Congn-ss of the United no. o;- inuorsemt-ut and assistsawa. tsutea -:'"w:i.i iniOri,i.rj-tiil orior 1 he OOm i v the Legislature M the j to the war ... itii ::U-ral donations i State of Texas, --e a.-.-i: taiH-e from of land and a mon ideated tk rough the Stati-, and its line charter a rich section uf count. d r. subject to certain mtuum"'- 3(, j, win tw. 1 1 or ilv prc-enpil US claim ior vn ,.t i..,i tn the mile. . r . re- presenting it had graded, realy for i he -up--rstriicture.-ixty miles of road. Dy the nadstaaea of ihe then Gover nor these lands woind have paasea into the i ssiou of the company, li id it not I ii for the Commissioner of the Land Oliicc, who refused to isU(. the paten U therefor, on tin ground that none of the grading had Oeen completed. An examination re vealed the tact that the so-called grading consisted of some half Ot furrows run by plows for the distance clai.inil. The road remained in this condition till the end of the war, the fiie ers of ihe road maintaining that th.-ir i hirier and franchises were in tact and tuiiv secured; but during the session oi the Stale Convention they had a re-olutiou introduced providing that the years ot the war "hould not In- counted against the conipacy as ai fectir.g its charter. This was reierred to the Committee of Internal Im provement. This committee laid the mater liclore the Attorney General hi the State. s ho reported ihat the Mem phis, Ki Paso and Pacific Kailroad Company had forfeited its charter and had no legal status whatever in the State of Texas; whereupon the Con vention declared against giving the relief aski-d, and threw open the re MTved Lands of the company to loca tion and sale. This, then, is the condition of the company which went to France, and, according to the statements of its li rt rt.ii-., no two of which were aiike, rai-tsl in cash and had to their credit in bank, from three to thirteen mil lions of dollars in mild a road with out a charter or legal status, without a mile built or a car running, and un der the management of (Jen. Fre mont. Fremont did go" France, aud, while there, made representa tion which, il true, would liave enti tled him to credit; but, unfortuuately, Minister Washburne exposed the fraud and pricked the bubble. Gen. Fremont publicly advertised, ami I have now iieinre me the Mon dV yi(M'v," of the lsth of May, 109, in which it is aborted that the tionds uf (he Memphis. B Paso and Pacific Railroad Company were endorsed by the Covernmcnt of the United States. The matter was referred by Minister Washburne to our Government, and the answer given tTiat the Govern ment had no "knowledge of any such corporation" Jii- was a clear case of an at tempt to obtain money under liilse ' ,..tences. , . I Mid yet UJav this company is is I -. . jt aftx'k k'll through the Unitei . ..in. it.irwi. , . . . i. iteil s.ums "thicxla-eave-i in Vallaml.ro- 1. , -.-itl.tiut allvvuiui wiiiitcvci. ! V nvrni.lhaveshown. In tin- Suite aneral of the State has j the Attorney I TT," , it ami icrtini-s mat lart'uh8i ;' legal statas and the eoiniiny ha nc r ' iv. as yet no art tKWjSSf3 a it even a "local Jiaiiit""" it even a "loi-ai nam" "Whaieverwork has beeO donin Texas has been done under another charter and a different name. I publicly assert here that the r .t? bus nn value that the whole 1111 . .nut. wmmm ... 1 fraud, and that the whole; matter Is a annum fnr ttlAMMA And I would further state that the n-nof. of thf writer of this is at the ser vice of any one interested in the same that he is a man of property, and f.hnllanmM une i-nnt rat 1 ICt 1011 til Hie facts asserted; that all the statements made are susceptible of proof, and will !- laid in due'iime before the Con gress of the Oaited States. Erol. MISSISSIPPI. Why the Conservatives Failed " Appeal" Again Endorssd -The iSpitiNopoRT, Panola Co., Miss.. December 24th, 18oli. j Editor Appeal: Permit one of vour subscribers to express his graa-tii-ation t the wise. iust and sensible article, contained in your editorial of the i-jth inst., on tne miuaiuunu .um- , isstppi. I tie writer oi una nun ua-u . close observer of the political move ments and jugglery oi certain would be leaders ot the people during the last several months, and at the same time a reader of the Appetd, and had he un dertaken to have given an expression to his own sentiments and views from the first initiation of tne so-called Dent movement up to the close of the elec tion, he could not have expressed them half so well as they were ex pressed in vour repeated editorials. The truth must be admitted that the Democratic and Whiff parties were most effectually sold by the (notorious if not! imnmrr ,1 one-hundred and U not) immortal one- nunureu um thirty-live eeutlemen, elf-constituo'U i - J i I irlin foisted upon the people the Dent ticket, H'Ki ariviiiii.it! ie;ciei- ut tin. , composed almost entirely of carpet baggers from other States; whilst the Alenrii ticket, ri'iiresentliisr the ex- trciue lUdicals (negroes ami ai: , v.vre genuine native M issuhsi ppuma u me manner born." We could easily have elected a jtortion of our congressmen, and a large minority, if not majority of the Legislature, whose moral intiu- Bnflfi would have been srreat indeed in timt bodv. ami who could and would have done much towaius neuiiaiiia j the mischief and evils that body will now intlict upon us without a voice to be raised in protest even against them. It will not do to say mat nu j norities exercise no such influences, for the writer knows well, from many ! vears' experience as a member of dif ferent deliberative bodies, that thec al ways do. Bat it is by no means cer taiu Bad we would have been iua mi nority had we done as we were pqs paling quietly to do, to-wit: to run a straight out-and-out Conservative tieket, of our most conservative aud capable men, who had been least oflen sive to the Federal Government and were eligible to seats in the dif ferent bodies the people indica ting, M thay were doing in a most tjiiici Btaaner, their prefer ences i,y letters inviting these ffeutie BSBB to become camliuates tot ths several iKisilions to Iw tilled, all of which Was defeated and completely overslaughed by the so t ailed Di-n; movement, and the Jackson Conven tion iiom:::stitjg him brought aboul the address of the afores;! ! "- hun dred cad thirty-live "immoriai" gen tlemen. The motives tf these gen tlemen may have been patrioticand praiseworthy, but it wifi bedUBeult to make some of their fellow-citizens I believe so. The. State and the people io na.t- Mime oi iin-ii ieiio-ciueie w ' completely sold, an r iTTt!:- sell fi -ni si lid the eansi - oueii'-' will develop. The elecrjon iu this V'i'Mv : ttZ B uuV"V,ar of the Coil-el Vat;C--the if))le 1, i i indicated their DrefereusBs for the ; most important TMjsitions, in the man-! tier above reierred to, and everything ! i was moving quietly along to sure and I lutein success when this "address" of the onefauudrsd and thirty-five "im-1 ; mortals'" fell like a bomb-shell, break-1 ' ing the ranks, spreading confusion, 1 and foretelling to 'some sf u;. at least, who, liae yourself, pointed it out, certain disaster and nnfagti Oh, bu; ; it was a nest egregious blunder, ami indelible political shame, that the j State and her interests should be tlius sacrificed by a few at i expense of the many? You have since expo-ed the whole tiling nio.-t COUtu ami iiiuen more to wnai nas Uvn fiahjl. but it is ut't Liis object to write newspaper articles, but pimply to tender you his thanks for the clear sighted anil sagacious exposition you have madeofthe lamentable -ituation ot timir -11 . i -' (shiiti iitnl mtu-n- i trodden Mississippi, who can tind a I iHfiici only in inior old South Caro ii;ja and her P-egro government. Cod help us. Waiitox. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. u. mi. Fire. Pjrii..i)i:i.riiiA, Peaember 28.) Pua destroying property to the aniouiu of half a million dollars oc aurred here Jsat night and to-day. Spanish Gunboats Again. j Xvw Yokk . Jkv. -C Ten more of the Spanish gunboats went below yes- terdav, and lay off Quarantine nnnl tlie last three, which are snort oi men, enu join thean. Fun6rl of Mr. Stanton. New York, December -2fi. At j a targe naaelal meeting f the Union League Club last night W. C. Bryant j offered resolutions of respect to the j lal.-K. M. t.m'.on, which were imaili- j mously adopted, and a committee ap pointed to attend the funeral of de cuaeid. Exnlosion of a Ste?ra Tuj. Xi:w Y'.iitK, December 36.- The" steam tugbisit J. G. Ne nie, blew uji at the Atlantic Duck, Friday night, and was nearly torn to pieces. Of three men on board two escaped with out iniurv, and one was bail I v scalded. Sonic of the surrounding property was ! damaged, but not to a great amount. Horrible Kurd, r in the "Hub."' Bosrox, December Ai. Catharine Riley, a widow, aged thirty-live, and j the mother of two children, was stabbed in the throat and killed yes-: terdsy afternoon by George Collins, a j rough, aged twenty years. The mur- j der took place in Croi street, and j fcrew out of a quarrel about the sum Of live cent-, lioih parties were njn-j der the intiuence of liquor. Collin- ' was arrested. R . .rt knsnls i.n Ihe Pllinc " .. . rm.., OnrantK, lM-omber 5.-:riit DaVTCt nihil coach Was Stopped Of- tccti nines trom ihtc ntsi niffiu oy two urmetl men. The stage contunuit two men anti the driver. i hey were un armetl. The rabbets after tiring seve ral slwits tok the stagi- tedin ami mail and drove off, leaving the paaseneeri to walk to Cheyenne. M.ty cavairy men have irone in iiursuil oi them to- day. Provisional Government of Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Jx-vx-uilier JJ. General Aint has oritereil the Ievtis lature to CUSIVSSSS cat the tltfa of Jan uary. The following oitfwrw, alaeasd at the late ejection, sre appointed pro visional ortK-i-r-until theirinsuument: James L. Alcorn, (Vovernor; James much importance. Men familiar with j I.yn h, colored, Secretary of State; the subject estimate that the total of j llenrv Musjjrovi-, State Auditor j ! the lumlK-r manufactured in the State J.eihuiiS. Morris, Attorney GeneraL : Up to the closeof lHitu was 7,200,O(H),i)(Hr About iine-fifth' of the liegislature ftn-t, involving the stripping Of ljjP, atoetSw are ClWiaarVatisiii. ihui ai-n-s ol pine land, aud that 1 (JOO still remain with standing limlier, j Holiday Amuscment3. whit h will yield 15JKJO,000,000 feet ol Savannah. Dec. X.A flaht oc - curred among some negroes, in the I eastern portion of the city, and, while 1 a partv of ixiliee were endeavoring to i Ktop the disturbance, they were at- tacked ov a larce crowd, and one 01 them, named John Sullivan, was shot and instantly Killed, and another om cer, whose name is not given, was wounded. Twenty-live negroes have . , j beeu arrested. MEMPHIS, TEISTIST., WASHINGTON. Georgia--Grant Indignant-Texa,-Funding the Debt. GEORGIA It has transpired that the Georgia bill had to lie rushed to the President, j by the Senate Committee on Enrolled j Bills, for signature, in such haste that j there was not time enough left to I notify Congress in the usual way. He j approved it the moment it was laid; before him, and sent word to the Sen ate bv Mr. Thayer of the committee, I who informed that body that he was requested by the President to inform the Senate that ho had signed it. Georgians say that the Conservative members ot the Legislature of Georgia will not respond to Bullock's procla mation, and it will bo unable to ob tain a quorum at its meeting on the 12th proximo. on t)ie Governor tsulloctc lett Washington 1th for Atlanta. He professes to disbelieve the rumor that, owing to the contemplated resignation of mem bers, it will Ik? impossible to recon vene the Georgia Legislature on the 12th of January with a quorum. He assured a member of the Cabinet, how ever, that the ratification of the fif teenth Amendment by that Legisla ture would be in Washington before the first of February. GRANT INDIGNANT. The President, in conversation with Senators, Friday, expressed some surprise at the rejection of Mr. Hoar for Justice of the Supreme Court, and stated very positively that he should not withdraw his name irom ine Ben t b it.aVe it to confirm or reject ; , . . f,,.. "" i - iugton. and his views are not known mtBUI ELECTION. It is understood that the President will sustain Gen. Reynolds' ordar for an election in the two counties in Tex as that did not vote in the recent State election, but leave the military com mander to make up the official result and forward it to Washington for submission to Congress. The State is so much iu doubt that there is a live ly telegraphic inquiry from members ol both parties to know what the offi- j cial aciiou otthe President will be. if the vote ot these couuties is couuteu, the result, will elect Hamilton, Con--ervative, for Governor, by about ihO majority; antl if it is thrown out,. Da vis will be elected by about tho same vote. tTNDIXO THE UEUT. Secretary Boutivell has prepared a biil to fund the public debt substau- j tfadly on the plan proposed in his an nual rep-it. It proposes, first, a new loan not ejcraedang 1,200,000,(100, prin-! i-ipal and interest payable iucoin;j second, it fixes the interest at four and a half per cent., and provides that it shall be paid to European boldets of I the loan at Paris, London and Frank fort; third, that the bonds, principal and interest shall be exempt trom tax Hon ; fourth, the bonds known as five twenty bonds shall be received id ex- change for the new bonds. The reason that the amount of the proposed Loan is Limited to twelve hundred millions ! I of dollars, is basti on tiie belief of the ! Treasurer that it will reduce the bond- j ed debt by the purchases of bonds dur- I ing the present fiscal year to fourteen. i hundred and buy millions of dollars. , i The Secretary deems k prudent to leave outstanding two hundred and ntiv millions Ol (lonars. cmiici flttv Millions ol dollars. Mnce the loan Ws proposed by the Depart mcnt, it has been nreery canvaaseu, ; anil has lvn receiveu wnn more am ! favor than tavor. Foreign eapiiali-is j have Tftten thut If the exchange oi ; five-twenties is maiio cumpu!J""'y; " I siU injure American credit abroad; j but they have been answered th-t such i sin exchange is not to be made com pulsory. The next interest opposing is that of the national banks, who seem ! to be against Ijanking on a four and a half per cent. bond. A member of ; the Senate Finance Committee lias j prepared a bill to be Introduced in j January, providing for the issue of I gold notes or gold cert ifieatej by the Tn sstfryj of all denominations, to the extent of thirty millions of dollars, j It is claimed that this would be an I important step toward specie pay ments, withqut involving any great n-U. 1 he notes isre to lie rcsteemauie, si the holders7 option, In gold, and arc to be used in business transactions. FOREIGN. Spain. MAl-ItIT. 1 K-ccmber 2i5.- Im Lorre- poMoVwea formally deuuis je pretend ed reconciliation of ex-0.ueen Isabella and the Duke of Montpensier. End of the Dalmatian Rebellion. Vjkxxa, December Ai. Advices have bn repaiyed here stating that the Dalmatian rebels haye lsid down their arms and surrendered. I!a!y. Boata, December -2C. Yesterday tr t 1 1 . tho I'niK waived the f(.iw.itiations of deputation of the Kcumenical Council. The occasion was one ot utmost good feeling. Some time during the present week the Pope will receive, in the state of dip lomatic corps, the Romau officials and French officials on duty here. The health of the Pojie is excellent. France. s,Decemher 20 Kvening.- -The Kadteai Journals of to-day state that 74 non-commissioned officers and sol diers of the Paris garrison, havo been arrested for having formed a Repubii-, . -.m :md Socialistic society, it is now I a-.-. ! ted that the Ministry will resign to-morrow. x, The city U full of rumors as to the names of their successors, but they cannot be trafi-d to any reliable source. It seems certain, however, that M. Olivier will Le charged with the for mation of the new Cabinet. LEGAL ADVERTISING LAW. An Act to Regulate the Publication Legal Notices. of " Sbctiox 1. Be. if enacted, Tliat it shall lie th dutv of all Clerks, Sheriffs, and other eourt" officers, to make, or cause io ho math), publications of all notices of a I i. i s ....... i . r in thH newsnaner published . in the county where such shall be ordered hnng the largest circulation in said count v ami where there is co newspaper : i.nlilished ill tho l-oillltv then tno puun- ' cation shall be made in the newspaper , . h . ,1Hrpst ... countv seat, havinir j larejit circulation ill said county. I'Tiiiulxl. Thut in every instance wuere the ptrty or pnrtir-s ur the attor try or at torneys, interested in said publication shall have the rlht to designate the news papers in which the said publication shall Le made." We copy above so much ofthe lefcal ad- in. W'e do this for the sole purpose of vertisiiiir IM as the public is lnleresieii tmttiuir tho ojicrrs, litigants and attorneys i upon tni'ir guarii in iwaw " v -ter, aud to euaril tlicui against being lni-t- led. It ia the privilege of the party or at torney, at whose instance an advertise. ! ment is inserted, to publish it in any ya Mr he plwuuia. The amottut of pine lumber still re- ; mainimr in Michiimn is a matter of i 1 lumber. The total value of the future product in lumber, shingle, lath, etc., i 19 placed at $af Ki,000,(MS), and careful ! observers think that within fifteen or j twenty years It will have been wholly cut aud marKeteo. House is elected to the Convention from Williamson county. And so are A. O. P. Nicholson and W. Vance Thompson, from Maury. MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, THE CONVENTION BILL. By request we republish the follow ing bill authorising a convention to amend the State Constitution : An AH to Avthorizt the I'mfAr toentta gtHMUUM, and or other imrpOMe : Whekkas, According to Section 1. Arti cle 1 of the Declaration of Rights, all power is inherent in the people, and all free gov ernments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness; and Whereas, It is declared for the ad vancement of these ends, the people have at all times an inalienableand indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish the Gov ernment in such manner an they may think proper; and Whereas, In tho opinion of this (en- oral Assembly, the public exigencies da now demand the exercise of these inherent and reserved powers on the part of the people of the (State; therefore, Section 1. Be it enacted by tlie flemrnl Assembly of the State of 1'emnesstk "ShSk every male citizen not convicted and rerr dered infamous for crime, of the age ot twntj nntl years, being a citizen of the United SKates, and a citizen of the eounly where he may offer hia vote six months next preceding the day of election, is hereby authorized to assemble on the third Saturday iu December, l.-iiy, at the several places of holding elections in the several counties, and vote for or against calling a OW Haitian tS amend, revise or reform and make a now t'..n-;itation ior the State; ;i:ia no certiiicaLs or other tiualili.-a:i .n than the forcg..iir, shall be required by the judges boKHOg; said election. See. in Slli'ltiuting tue iiuestitin m a convention to the people, they shall have riittsa or printed on their ballots "Convention" or "No Convention;" and if tho number of votes cast for a con vention be greater than tho votes cast against a convention, then there shall be a onvenlioiL Sec. H. An election for delegates to a convention of the people of the State shall be held in the several counties thereof at tho same time and places, and that said olection shall be held at all the precincts and voting places establisht-u by law, and shall bu nianagad and con ducted by the Commissioners of Registra tion and other proper officers of the coun ties respectively, in the same manner anil under the same" rules aud regulations that members of the General Assembly are now elected; and it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Governor to issue hia proclamation to the several Commission ers of Registration of the State, immedi ately after the passage of this act, requir ing them to hold and conduct the same as herein provided. The said Commission ers of Registration shall advertise the time and places of said election, as in cases of members of tho Geueral Assem bly. Sec. 4. Tho whole number of delegates elected to said Convention shall bo seventy-five. Sec. 5. Each of the Representative Dis tricts as established by the apportionment actof lyth February, 18j2, shall constitute a district, and elect and send to said con vention exactly the same number of dele gates that they havo Representatives in the General Assembly by said act of ap portionment. Sec. li. Each cms of the Floterial Dis tricts as established by said act of appor tionment shall constitute a district, and elect and send to said convention ouo del egate. Sec. 7. The voteU in the several Repre sentative and I'loaterial Districts, shall be compared at lite several pi ices whero the votes for members of the Qsusial Assem bly were compared in the last August election. Sec. 8. Xo person shall be elligible to a seat in sail) Convention who is not twenty-one years oi age, aud whs has not been a'citizeu of the Stato for twelve months, and of the county and district from ubieh he is elected six mouths immediately pro ceeding the election. Sec. M. All laws requiring text oaths to enable persona la fUniiMtatBS for I omce, or requiring J meres ;.;ut C.u.a ! election to titRosacH oafhs, shall not ap ply to the election under this act. Sec. IU. In case of the death, refusal to serve, resignation oi removal from this Statu of any ueivaatt, the yauanoy occa sioned thereby shall bo ililed in tiie same manner prescribed by law for the filling of yaoauoios in the representation to the General Assembly. See. U, It shaii be tlieduty of the Com missioners of Registration ol cadi county in the State, immediately alter said elee tion, to make a complete return to the Secretary Of State at the vol.-. east " For Convention," or "No Convention," and for delegates in his county. The cer tificate of electiou of the return ing officer, or officers, of the county or districts, shall be promt facie evidence of the right of any delegate to a seat in saiil Conve-ntion; subject, if contested, to be decided in the manner the Convention niav presorlbe. See. 12. It shall be the duty of the Gov ernor and Secretary of State to c uipare tho returns made "by the Commissioners of Registration, and if a majority of those voting be in favor of a Convention, it shall be the duty of the Governor imme diately Pi issue his proclamation announc ing tho SmiM and said Convention shall convene In the city of Nashville on the second Monday in January, 1S7U; anil when so IUinlnrt. said delegates shall organize themselves into a Constitutional Convention, by the election of a Presi dent and such other officers as they may deem necessary. se IS, Saitl Convention shall adopt such riiles anil regulations for its govern ment and the transaction of bu.-iness as it shall think proper, ami that the mem bers and officers of sajd Convention shall receive tlie same compensation as is now allow, d by law to the members and offi cers of the" Jem-ral Assembly ofthe State, and to be paid in the same manner by the Treasurer. Sec. II. The constitution or form of government which saitl Convention may adopt, snail not be of any binding-force or i Itlcacy until the same lias been submitted to and rttitied by the people of the State, in such manner and in such time as the Oonaaatton shall provide. s e. I&, Should any county havo no D linmiasioner of Registration at the time of said election, or should the Commis sioners of Regist rat ituf fail or refuse to bold ssiii election, then, in that event, it shall be the duty of the Siberia of each county to ojicn and bold suoh election, suljec-t to the same rules and regulations us imposed upon Commissioners of Reg istration by tStsAet. Sec. ,!. In all cases where any Commis sioner in bhetitr fails or refuses, or from anv other cause fsils to hold said election, it "shall be lawful for any freeholder to hold said election, by summesSUSj so many bystanders as may be necessary to hold such election all of whom shall bo freeholders. See. 17. This Act shall take offoct from and after Us passage. W. O'N. PERKINS, Speaker of the ITouse of Itepresentatives. D. B. THOMAS, Speaker of the Senate. rasaed November IS, 1S69. A copy of the original uoy on tile iu inv otllce. A. J. ri.wi UEK, Secretary of State. NOTICE. TQ THOSE WANTING LABORERS : H VE learned from an official source that ii.ru Is a lurire kurnlus or I.anOKKKS la J Georgia, Virginia snd the Carolina. Who are anxious to come West, hut are without means to pav their expenses. Iu order to Induce Immigration from the states mentioned, the fare over the different Railroads to Memphis has heeii reduced to Two and Tuuee Cents per mile. JVJ- WJBK tier.'! iSup't Memphis and Charleston R. R. Memphis, Tenn., December la, lSo-". de NOTICE. Mtssissirpi a n j. Tennessee Railroad,) OrriCK ok Frkiqht Agent, Memi-h'is. Tenn., December 31. 1H89. I riso COITON AND COMMDsSTON MER J. CH AUTS: Notice Is hereby given that all cotton aud other gtods received at this Depot will be stored at the expense and risk of whom It may concern, it not promptly re moved within twenty-four hours after arrival at Memphis. This order will be strictly en forced, regardless of parties. tle2l JT M. PAMPLIN, Agent. NOTICE. N'OTICK Is hereby given to the Stockhold ers of the Ukkxan National Kahe or 'y.VAi.r..: that the annual election for Hl rectors take.-, place, at the Bane, No. leH Main street, Uetweeii the hours of 10 o'clock r. m. and 4 o'clock p.tti , On the llth Day of January Next. stockholders can vote either In person or by prxy. Sen MARTIN GRIFFIN. Caaliier. r1. HILL, COMMISSIONER FOH Till: District Court ofthe Unit'd States COMMISSIONER FOR THE Court of Ciaims at Washington, CommisKloner of Deeds for the Several States and Territories, aud NOTARY XTT33IjXO. bw Special and prompt attention given to the tailing of Depositions, or Commissions from other States. , OFFICE: No. I COURT STREET, Near Front street, Karrlngtea A Howell' dU New e. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , i - - MASONIC NOTICE. 4 PFEt IA1. imiTtiiini.-atlon of le.-so!i 'Y I.odee No. iSW, will lie h.!d This i MON DAY) Kvculna. Decern i.r '.nili. for Installation or omcers. All M. M.'s are frut-rnftlly invited. Hv order of P. ML STANLLY. W. M U. Vt'. Shklton. Secretary. 4e2 MASONIC NOTICE. HPKf'I.VI. .-nuiio mi icat Ion of Iila scull 1-odKf No. a. will lo hH,p Tlii s JIuMtU'i tveninx, DeeeoBbe 2Ttli, :rT7srr7'!nwt,Tor Installation of otIi--ers. All SyU.'snn' fratonially Invited, liy nfassof It. W. MITi HKl.1., W. Nf. 8. sxi'km; Secretary. del" MASONIC NOTICE 'I'Ht statcl coinmunlciitlon of An JL rna I.odKc No. His u-llt be held tl.is roo a i AND AY I uii.MJAi i h.VHiiin, lHs iuOi-rin. o'clock, for dlsi.alch orbuslness. All M. M.'s an- fraternallv invited s JOHN ZEN'l', W. M. John F.kamish. Secretary. d-27 T7. A.. O. X3. ''Mia jOfllCers and memliers of ( leantlie 1 ri)V.- No. .1 U. A O. D., are hereby not i tl"ii nSiwrteftd a reanlar meeting, thU MtiN-lAMh-pimx. December H, 1509. at7Lj o'clock, llrtttSjr.ii of the Order are most rejiectfully In t'tFAMTlu ni n ml By 4Mer of the N. A. ttajr JULIUS t'OllEN, Sec retary. ON EXHIBITION, At our Salesrooms, 231 Second St. A beautiful stock of Eagllsli aud Amerlenn Plated Waref-Cutler7a?id Shells. Also, a splendid line of Imp;.--?.! Laces. Etigings, Insertinf Fancy Goods. Which will be sold conjointly at PTJ33LIC ATJCTI03J. t'olnraclltln at o'clock TUESDAY MORN INO, the :'M'u uf DMnbM, KSS, ontinulo.' at I p.m., and WEDNESDAY', ut the aanie hours. deJ V. H. I'ASSMORE, Auctioneer. NOTICE. pilE WARD REtilSTRATION OFKIl'E will i close on December 27. at five ta) o'clock p.m. Deputy roiinuisloneni will deliver their Books to me on that day JOHN P. BOUGIINER, d-2i Com'rof SegUtr'n for Sbelhy county. DISSOLUTION. 'JJMU! partnership heretofore existing under I the name and style of the MEMPHIS t'OTToN PRESS ASSOI IATION, Is thin day dissolved ty mutual - -t-.sent. V I!. WAI.DRAN, (SarvlvtBe partner ol Wsldran A GUI.) HWA. .MON TGOJ.EUY. N. COROKNA. Mem phis, Tcnn., Dec. to. deTo CANCERS L'TilAri Im AO - - - W:U,.,s kPlna. iWtJ riicu 111 to nuuis nuiiuui rvniic ur run. DR. SPALDING & CO., Tenneswe Baati C'siuor, Lun, Eye and Ear Hran -h innrmary. Consultation Koora, tits nrr Htret. .m-im!m. ivnu. pEHM.lNKXll.Y established. Is ready for r the reeeption o. putlents artlicted with CANCEHS. I'Dl'EItS, r,ld Wore Legs, Eye and Knr. ftnd I.unir Dlsei.s.-rt and Asthins. rit.ES ia wilhout aknile; Kidney and j i.i-i.i.ier coiiii'iainis. WAll old i hronie ttlseasts. SarXo eharpe fnr consultation. i"All disertes of Vomen and Children confidential tliseaes. j"A skliDul lady In attenriaiiee to wait on female patients. diet! lei ne 'ii i ' :. 1 1 j- ins. Aiiurens, it'.i t v l l .1 v.: .c . '. . ' Mcmpht.Tenn. Atmores Kince Meat OOME JXTC LAST : OLIVER, FINNIE & CO. del ' Southwestern Publishing Co. Publishers, Printers, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS. BOOK BINDERS WHOLESALE PAPER DEALERS, No. 361 Main Street, . . . - .. . mV At flOtnpMiBsr prioea wits, acr other Between Union and Gayoio. Memphis. Tenn.jMet j JJ OKFICKRj- H. A, PARTEC, PresitJent, Cashier Merchants National Bank. L S. CLARK. Secretary and Treasurer. DIKElTORS: W. II. Ciikrkv. K. II. Martin, I'rest. Herohanta Natl-mal Bank; J. R. uk wls, LL.D. ; 1'. !.Joses, S. C HmXBS, V. D. Andrews. de2I HOLIDAY GOODS Southwestern Publishing Co. 361 MAIN STREET, Have just received an eUant assortment o: HOLIDAY GOODS! COMPRISIMU Beautiful Writing Desks, of various designs : Photograph Albums, And Portfolios, of different styles : Fine Inkstands, Splendid Toy Books, for the little ones. A varied and large assortment of Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books .-, ., ,. , , . . Also, the most complete and elegant assort- GOLD PENS AND PENCILS IB THE sOl'THWEST, STATIONERY In all lis branches. Supplied at Manufacturers' Prices. deZI Arkansas River Plantation FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS. 'pHE plantation known as SILVER LAKE 1 PLANTATION, one-half mile from Rives' Landing, on Arkansas river, will he gold on easy terms. It contains 1SU0 acres 4UU In caltlvation ; 300 more are old deaden ing. Fences rtnd houses In bad repair. Ap ply to BROWN, LYLES Jk RKOWN, de'JS No. 8 West fonrt Htreet. COAL! Mt. Carbon Coal New Supply Just Received ! AT SAME OLD PRICE ! Office, 20 Madison St. deZt REMOVAL. THE City Bank has removed from the coi ner of JefTinon and Front streets to the new Bank Building. No. 9 Madison street. 8. H. Tonsv, President E. C. KIBK, Cashier. J. A. Haves, Jr., Assistant Cashier. CITY BANK, New Bank Building. No. 9 Madison St. TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS, And Deals in Gold, Silver, Stocks, Bonds, City and County Scrip, and SOUTHERN BANK NOTES. i aar Drafts for sale in sums to suit, on Eng i r..i,in! H...tiand. Krancc. and all Darts I of Oermauy. I York. s, i. Hid Drafts on New an 1869, DRY 609DS. Extraordinary OF PrHE DRY GOODS SILKS &CL0AKS Christmas Presents "Wenken- Bros. AT A l&ffGAIN, English Ponlin Dress Pattern. For $2 00. French Popiin Dress Pattern. For $300. Silk Epinge'ine Poplin, peryard. $l 00. Black Gros Grain Silk, per yard, $! 75. AT A SACRIFICE, Evening Silks. Spangled Tarle- tans and Robss, J tV f ' CLOAKS.! CLOAKS ! CLOAKS! j t, r:j BARGAINS IU FURS, Ccmp!eta Water Mink Set for $5 Complete Black Coney Set for $4. Childrens' Ejinine Sets for $4 50. Genuno Kink Sab.e Sets for $25. j Ladiss' Ready-made Wdikina Sails from $10 Ujiwards. Menken Brothers 263 Main, Corner of Court. del: djiw New Firm New Goods SGUTHWOBTH & THAYER. BTniCTIiT WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Boots, Shoes & Hats 139 Main SL. Ifcrnphis. cuAJTsi. . . guaranteed m ev ery insianc. seSOtl.tw 6GGD3AR & GiLLiLAND, Exclusive Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS AND SHOES HATS AND CAPS, 2CI MAIN 8TREKT. WEBSTER BIXJCK. Memphis, Tennessee. ' i We are now re-lvtng our rail stock, the ! largest we have ever oftercd to the trade. Mercuants will find it to their interest to examine before buyinje. angll PETRO OIL Petro Oil Headquarters ROSENBAUM BROS., Cor. Main and Washington Sts., MEMl'lUS, tenn. MANUFACTURERS AND wholesale & retail dealers, STAVE ON HANK N-iW, AND OKKEK i'Olt J Sa,e at luan USUili prices: j 1050 Cook y:ovo, of various kinds nd i njaiitiiaciiir-; : 400 Heating Stoves; 300 ban-els Petro Oil ; A large stock of Lamps, Tin Ware, etc. mm- Country merchants will And It to their Interest to see our Uoodsaud Low PIUCiiH. tv We are the onlv parties who he. v.. the RIGHT TO SELL the celebrated Petro t ;!. ocl't K. 4 H.. corner M. and W. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. T. L. AI.OFS Memphis, Tenn. L. W. OVIKTOH, Little Hock. ALDEN & OVERTON, Gen'l Commission Merchants. For porch&se of Cotton, anil sale of every description of Western Produce, No. 57 Main Street, Little Rook, Ark. BW Refer to Thos. H. Allen 4 Co.. Omt. Mr- t'lellau 4 t'o., Meacbam A Tread Weil. Seiiw.-l-fleld Ilanauer. . l). DaHAVBK j. a cross. W. I. WAUI). O. CAP-SON. DeHaven Cross & Co '! GENERAL Commission Merchants, No. 412 NORTH LEVEE, ST. LOUIS. HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIK jRENEWR. PERSONS WHO ARE GRAY Can have their Hair Restored to lit natural I color, and If it has fallen out, create a new j growth, hy.its use. It Is the best HAIR DRESSING in the wild. ! making lifeless, silir, urnshy hiir, healthy. I soft aud glossy. Price 1 1 U0. For sale by all druggists. R. P. HALL 4 CO., Nashua. N. H.. Proprietors. dfij tUw FOR SALE. nr. 1 1 V I SUBMAKlNli No OL istern-w.lieel Steamboat . at SIio is ISO feet long (tarry seven hundred tons: has 2lMn den, 8 feet stroke, with ample bolle h cylln- power : 1 be sold is now ts iua a. r or. ricaeriiig. wi...r". on liberal terms, or exchanged for city prop- eriyppiy!. FLKM. CULVERT noI3 ! II y LEGAL NOTICED. COMMISSIONERS' SALE. tYvirta of a renwsMl ortpr of sal, rn- iu tho ttiwu of Osceola, Arfcaasifcs, On TUESDAY, January 4, 1870, alt that tract of Unri Irinte tn aaidconnty.&ml known as tli Noi.-uH furm. con Lain In about 33Wacret about Mtm ari s fleartd. ale to be tuatitf wiiliia UWiUl u- :v. Jonlnn truwt tasd. SmM jas. b. best, liwulVtfr. Attachment Notice. Ct A. Tuykirvs. Ranon 4 Holbrook. PriDAVIT for alUrbment haviDC bCD A u e In this cause, in pursuar.ee of met of th Code ..f Tenneave. and t t having U-ea Issued, lev led and re- Dally Appeal. S. A. M'XIRE, For Shelby eon my, i e Scruggs a Duncan, Attorneys. Attachment Suit. Municipal Court of tiie Citv of Mint! -. SW7-K. s. Taylor Co., Plain ;tt. ts. V.T. buLr and P. Morgan, Defendant. Clxkk'h orrice, Noveail .-r ai. 4 FFIDAVIT for aitachiiiei.t i. week, in thealeinp A ,py : MyenS Wyatt, At , Clerk. Ik nnM Non-Resident Notice. No. BBS la the Chancery Court of Memphli. T. ..ncasce. Valerioui .intord. K:. u:or. ji r appeiirlnii from affidavit tn this raa.se that the defendnt, John D. Armour. K. A. aodeoi'ic. ii. D. Campbell. It V. I tt 'ltiierei.'.'reorder. .l. Thl t'li'ey make'iijeir T.iken for confessed as to them, and set for hearing- n parte; and that a copy of this or dar be published once a week, in four sac- i Hi. -. .T'. l:e' 111 plus A pr-eHi. AUGUST! N AUSTDN, Clerk and Master. A copy attest: 3y BENj.Coijr.AS. Der nty ( lerk and Master. San ford A Ray. Wols. for Com.ialrutnt. noli Non-Resider.t Notice. In tl M Circuit Conrt of Shelby cnon!v-D. Bowen and wife, Cinnia L., vs. laul C Kay, a minor Petition for Division of Koal Ei talc. IT appenrlna from afldavrt !n this csUe 1 i'i:.i il.e detVndawt, FanlC. K-y. 13 a u..,. It Is therelotw ordered. That be mafcehta pp.. aiiee herein, at the courtli.Ki-- j . t peltl X. D. h. KTi; ART. Clerk.' eopy suesi : By U. F. i 'vuxax, Deputy Clerk. Scmggs Duncan, Sots, ior complainant. mM EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. HI AVINO file.! with the Clerk of fheConnty in as v dm. tlemelit : fcXlVUt the Itoi; In c the- ry term, U7 1, of sal isotf. JAS. A. HAiR RESTORATIVE. A New Discovery ! ! v "VI TAJZl A i" i r .. . i t t oaivarion ior me nair. l.KAR i ER! W1T1U HE DIM F.N f I ! o PEN IE LIGHT ' For Restoring to Gra lair its Original Col Phai.on's "Vi lirfers ut- terly irom all t preparatinnjieretotore used. It is Ujripid, sweet smelling, precjsritates no muddy or slimy maaer,requires noshaking.im par no stain to the skin. Hold it tche light and it is clear and ers. It leaves no mark on the sc3i ; yet it reproduces in natural color that time or sickiwsi mav nave bleached out of it. triTPhalon's Vital is for orfe sole purpose, jfiat of reproducing, with absalxite cer taint v, the natural jIor of thr hair. It is novtnded as a daily dress scurf or dffhdruff; nor for cu ring bajKness; nor for stimula ting tJfc growth of the hair. The? objects may be accom plishil alter the color has been rixed th the V'italia, by Pha lo;i's Otemical Aair Invico- rator. Tiif. V,T.LT??ai a harmless arui f.neqiialed prefVation tor the reproduction of ie origi nal hue of gray hair,alid noth ing else. This is accoliplished icattons. of shade required. Sc all druzcists. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. T. H. LOGWOOD. T. B. VlCOU. W. C. FOLK S3. Logwood, Micou & Fclkes, ATTORNEY$ AT LAW, 15 Union Street, MEMPHIS, - TENNESSEE. BJ-W. C. FOLKES, Commissioner for Ar kansas. OC'li E. M. Yerger & M. D. Welch, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, 3.1 Miuli3on Street, Memphis, Tenn. aes T. V. . BKOWd. O. P. LYLES. B.C. BKOW. BROWN, LYLES & BROWN. LAWYERS, OFFICE, No. 19 WEST COURT ST,. Corner of Main, seffi MEMPniS, TEXX WM. M. SMITH, A. ttornoy t litv -w. OFFICE, 308 1-2 Second SL, CORNER OP MOXBek del The Pureir, llei nna Cheapest OL. 30-NO. IKS AUCTION. BY GOTTLIEB d EZEKIEL, Auctioneers, Cor. Second aid Adams Sts. USRESERV-.D sale OF DRY GOODS, MOTICXS. CUTLERY, FANCY GOODS.-Etc.. AT AUCTION, Monday Horniag, Dec. 27, at iO O'CiccJt. r-ONsfsxi v.; uf . ::ttaMu ttmsfjn. Blsnk- SALES THIS WEEK : MONDAY Dry Good", (. Jotliir.-. Hats, Notions, etc. WEDNESDAY I'i Hosiery, Fancy O id-, Faw, FRIDAY Furnishing Got IV mestio, Sundrit-, etc. ol? A. S. R06RSOAi.-e'.:?-t'er. ROYSTEB. TREZEVAUT C0 ATJCTIONEETIS. N. E. cor. Main ard JefTerseri Si3, DAILY SAX.ES OF MERCHANDISE, FURNITURE. ETJ., At Salesroom. , No Goods offered at and Ion 3:1. limit. SALE OF GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES Silver and Plated Ware -A. 2NT ID iT 33 "W 3 XX. r. Daily Sales at 10 o'clojli iotbe Mcn-ng and 7 o'clock is the Evening, From s splendid above line, fi C. J. TYLER 4 CO. W AH oofIs xrarrantl of the ooallfr -tti-rt-wnted, or iuoutry rcUineU. ' dvd ROYSTER, TREZI.VAT .1 Aurtiuaetrr. CHANCERY SALE WEDNESDAY, Cecember 15, I8i. No. 2 Li, a i inches on t'lflh stret t and -'ua or Sa L Cash to i n ilecree herein and costs; be.; if twelve monilis. tuwlly half of Slock No. St un a credit... Kdts monilis. equity of The alio Ye sate Is f DAT. January j, 1971 dels w d M. UOOTS AfiC SHOES. WILLIAM MILLER, Manulacturer and Dealer In BOOTS AND SHOES, Keep constantly ou hand custom made GENT'S, LADiES' 4 CHILDREN'S BOOTS AND SHOES, KTo. 219 ZVIaIxx Stnct, (Under Worst am Hoase', MEMPHIS. : : TENNESSEE. " Special Work. attention given us' -a deW FAMILY SUPPLIES. JOHIV3 LILLY, 331 3IAIX STREET, DEALER in Staple and Fancy Grorwries, Wines aud Liquors, lias now on band a The following go.xU kept always on hand: Prepared French Mustard, by the keg. Worcestershire Sat es, by the gallon. Tomato Catsup, by the gallon. Jellies, Assorted, hi 3 ifi cans. Oat Meal. YarnMiuh Bloaters. Crsoked Wheat. Wm. Younger" t Scotch Me. Gataaaa' Dublin stout. Choicest B!ck and Green T?as. i F'e Old Cogoac Brandy. Old Whiskies. uio rort ana snerrv wines. JOHN LILLY, SI Main St.. . deld Jtear Union. SPICER &, SHARPE, 354 Main St., Magevney Block, VK5 RECFJVISa FRESH GOODS. DAILY, by river and rail. By late arrivals wo uave a ire.n -supply ul Borden's Condensed Milk the celebrated E.v- r.ux brand lull dozen ; New Louisiana Sugars and Molasses; New Buckwheat; New sweet Roll Itutter; also. Goshen Butter; New Golden Syrups; New Carolina Rice; Pig's Feet, Hams and Lard; Shaker Preserves; All varieties of new Canned Gooos ; Me- Mackerel and Codfish ; North Carolina Herrings; Fine Toilet Soap ; choice Coffees and Teas. noia SPICER SHAitPK. V riRBT PRCM1UM OF A S1I VIB SEUAL ' M BARRFTTSnVTrTESTORATlVt T B, Ua ) H las lf!Ml:.M temr. u i j SSJ Wit. I illn Is Jala, saa MSI. BAH M KIT'S Vegetable Hair Restorative A Si mis Or w ss anm e. M taaarsSf mJ Sum. jsw . aSU banai U.Siiiii ilm.. AT pV 11 wmitmt m mmwm ls4 .u. ls.i. WO J. R. BARRETT & CO., Propristocs, KASCHISTla. .V. I. C C -W7"jSaJFl.I BZIO. Wholesale Agents. Memphis, ar For sale by alt retail druggists. . ;a $500 REWARD. VVHoEirro?rr'i;nn Hundred Dollars flneuaent of the i prison In the Ci torles therrof. wt a requisition Iron he arrest and Faults. A. Issvl Stales, or In t upon !"!..'e. Address, MMb. js. t. v 1 1 nr.tti.stj ivi?i, Uusrs, Bradley eounly. Ark. November 1, la. Pocumis.-Said Jum A. Davis Is about fifty years of age, about S feet 10 ln.-"nee In l-lgliti hair and beard gray: has loe.i a por tum of his front teeth: sharp est Lire, anJ complexion browned by exposure to the wearber; Is an inveterate anoker: rather slow of ipeecb; gtnerally go-s truied with a navy-six shooter or a rifle; was a rxldent ot California some veers since, and supposed to be now somewhere In ' 'lAt Stale. He U tamlliarly known uato' ht acuaalnuni. . t sa-Jim lMTla." dei