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THE MEMPHIS SUNDAY APPEAL.
MEMPHIS, TENN., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1870,
VOL. 30 -X( 171
J
THE NEWS.
Mr. Grant has been invited to the !
ball to be given to Prince Arthur iu j
Canada.
John Quindly, an old rc-irfent of
Little Rock, died at his residence In
that city ou Saturday last.
It i reported that Mii- nersee ha
left the I'arepa-Uosa troupe. 6h.
shdr and played not wisely, but too
well.
Ralph Waldo Emeron is to lectin
at Harvard on "The Natural Uistorj
of the Intellect," including niaggou.
of the brain.
Charles Bamncr, Hor.icc Greeley
and II. F. But'er have been elected
honorary mt-mtjers of the
"'Universal Peace League "
French
Ai,r-.ri,, f-'arrwn t ihi.S moment
the wile i.u.iu! .i tie-Central Protest-
ant Chun hoi Madrid, is said to be th. the difierent rooms the child u
niosl c-ioqueut Spanish preacher of th. i found trapped up in a shawl and
dav lying in n comer where there as
Mrs. Rogers, lormerly Miss Char- i
lotte rhomjjBou, has rvturmd to her j
home in Moulgouiery, Ala. HerCali- j
forma eugaemeut Was lnosi suc
cesslul. A Lynchburg paper is warm in its
-praNes of a new invention which, it
contends, " will save one thousand er
cent." ot the labor in chemauuiacture
of tobacco.
The Gtiuloi says the principal of
free trade gains ground in France. Its
partisan:- represent a population of
iW,ot0,00r, whilst the protectionists do
not number over 4.WX),tw.
It is rumored that the late Confed
erate Generals Sibley, Loring and
Beauregard are to become generals in
the at;llJ ' ,h Viceroy ol E0rj pt. at
a salary fif tiuU0 a year each.
The contractors of the Memphis,
El l'a.o ami Pacific raUjSMdnntiMiMte
no KMEt ot liauds, oilt-i.leoi Cbjuest
labor, which they look upon, all things
considered, as more costly- than any
other.
A German theatrical review says
thai if Boucieaull lived ud wrote in
Germanv, his income would be only
IWn flfttl of what it is Don: and ir la
were a Frenchman it would be three
times as large.
Wm learn that a srentleiuan Ls in
Au-tin, Texas, to introduce Mexican J
laborers iuto that Stale. lie proposes
to furnish them by the thousand, and i
without c.jst of delivery to those who
may employ them.
The widow of General John Bov.en
is making efforts to have the remains ;
of her hustvaod removed to the Port
Gibson (Miss.) cemetery, over which j
the L'-d Mississippi n-gi:nent, of 1! iw
n's brigade, intend to erect a suitable
monument.
Vienna has now thirteen largedally
raDers w hi- h i-re published twice a
k - ... . - . , .
ity, and the most popular of which
has a circulation of twenty-five thou
v.. .-. iwtnitu urn! tit.lst it r.r-.itrt.Tsrs
net profit of a liuudrea
profit
una hfty thousand 11 inns.
The retiracy of our friend Colonel
John M. ilarrell from the editorial
ehair ef the Little Bock Oeneflh, is
nuiver-allv r-grettd by the
re-s ui
Arkansas and of the South.
OT.'cetul and forcible writer.
j
lie IS a
and a
2aMbKHaaa tnaifcen ability
The
rkade!jiina f Ark.) Standard J
ti.i .-. ' Wednesday last, a nmst
cold blsded iurder was committed
als.ut sii mik fr,. ai that platv, ou the
Militarv R.mmI, war i.hH resident ot
V. A. Trigg, -) , upo,.' 'be b.nly of
Calvin C. Ciark, iate of Bell county,
Texas.
The Ultramontane in Paris ay that
Bishop L'npauloup, of Orleans, who
MSMteni riy one of their tavorities,
but whom they hate batensi ly s'nc'
the efectded stand be took ssalnst the
infallibility of the Piip', is too fond
of the winecup, and of even worse
things.
The neatness of icefllt'.ing on the
Kennebec river, in Maine, between
Richmond and Gaidiner, is unusually
lively. L.trg gangs of men are at
work, aud ibe ice laken out is aboM
tifteeu inehes thiek, and apparently of
good quality. it is thought the
au.ouni sriM exceed that of former
years.
A bill h; i-d the Pennsylvania
tseu&w whicn provides that where
witiM-uses in i-a-es f,f Jorgery, perjury
saf tssonjr, unlawfully eanesal or ail
ment shssii li I i. or retuse to answer,
they shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
ami punished by a "tine ofW and im
pr is. n ii lent two years, one or both, in
the discretion ol tne court.
Joseph Wesley f:arjer, who died
on Mondiy, was the third fif the
hfothen U tlitjgre.it publi-hing firm.
He was at tirst foreman of the com
positors' department, then he took the
ilaee of literary coriespondent. John
JnJ FlBOBhst are ttie surviving
bruths'r"- The New York fM says
of Jo-t-p. Wi-siey: 14 Ho errete in a
verv cl- :r a"l lini-ind -tyle, und trat
a sJuud critic i-d an exeeilrat judg
ot the liurarv ciinis oi tiook-. We
have heard ihat ir Wrote the BSOBBMM
v hich re lonod Jn ftitny of the vol
umes of ibe old Fs'iv Library, and
he always exercised a liftfe tn00) B
over the choice ot the pabBcotioneri
his house, as well as over the conduct
of JlurH-r's Magazine."
Wh. u the Sub-Treasury began to re-
j...... ii. ii,......it nn-ki-l ti ii !. i..m-
,h eterks were suroi Jed
t.i' il.:. t ii lane number had the
appearance of eouut.-neiu. Some of j
tnes- e -. .- Were s.-ui nv as-iMam ;
Kresamrer Folger to the rnuaaetpnu
mint for examination. Mr. James
Pollock, Director of the mint, ha
written to Mr. Folger that, of eight
sK-Cltuet lit. : - are cllM-.-icit.
The motto, 'Tu God we trust," is
much larger iu the counterfeit than in
the genuine. The yellow color of the
Miainous coin is also another teat.'
I nis is caused by the presence of zinc
M R-tieidt, theA
M- ''is Uu. I stl
r ol ihe mint, .
y. He wnU
also a- -r ready test with all kind
that the m. -weight, wiuch counter- ,
of coin is the . to bring out
feitersare seldom - true weight is !
right. He adds: "Tu.
77 1-C grains." - , a
Mr. John Hagan, one of tit.
skilliul mechani.'s in Nashville,
received a pit.-ut on an mveutioi.
which he chums will save railroads iu, .Qd scramble Uion he- side, i ertt Liddeli had no connection With
thousands of dollars in the -oure ol a j the be broke, the craft rolled , thut homicide, and there were no
year. Ifce invention is that of aeon- The masi w: and the men frlcudiy xolatioiis between him and the
tinuous aap for railroad iron. IwlhOMsasr upj. ' for safety. KW;tieman at woose hands Mr. Nixoa
cup, either steel or iron, is si,d in a j climbed upon o'ci'k; but j reodved his leath btow, the coptrax
groove on top of the shank til the rail ! -phis would te abou. -vrd tmned Verv growing out of a contest Us
ui sU eh a manner as to make it lis sol- the bottom shortly alt. mU jOU( and Lidded ioi the pas
id as if it had teeu moulded into one j over, and threw them aU ar- iljU aUhe iatter's property, which
pie e. The fitting ot the cap v. ill not ,he water. They had just prev. . j Wn undt.r a mortgage and
cest : t-nth tho amount now paid possessed themselves of the duo . Cammack, became so
lor i:. .. tails when the old have worn Used lor keeping up the nets, and on , vive old ii-tiii'v,
out. It has another aud wry great these they continued I to float until tne j bate, "-ttrbas bee eoustuuiiv
advantage oVer the raits now employ- boat again came to the surfact. lay- , uu(i a di. Vweeii them
l und tintt is me breaking- n the n.r and Bristol managed to scramble , atiprehended b. . ;uv-
joints of the rails, making a ewatinual
and smooth plane, over which trains
9 ... . . . i ,i
can g.id
a in -: linpercepuoiy, sav
ear and tear of machinery
by the constant striking of
f the rails, beside bokfius;
in such a way as to mak it
i and ie.-s i!e t(4t out ol
nig the
produce.
the ends
the track
iik
repair from tne running ol trains.
On Wednesday, Mr. John Uo-kins,
of Red Clay, Ga., iu f .mpany with
Captain Traynor, Colonel D. M . Nel
cu.ii Hod two brothers, Joe and
Tavlor, of Clevelaud, wfc-ut ou a duck
ing expedition on t...- '1 . i.m-ssv-e
river some three uiilea above Harri
son, 'in tho afternoon Capia. a Tray
jior fhot a duck which flew, boforo
jalliug to tho middle ot the river,
i amain Travnor then got out of the
skiff wtalio the others pulled out t.ftr r
the duck. The wind was blowl ig
verv hard and the skiff was capsized.
Joe lavlorad Mr. Hoskiusclung w
it and swam to the ether shore.
When thev reached the other shore
Mr Taylor was oareiy able to pull
himself'on to the baak, whue Mr.
Hoskin, alter oauhicg a branch ana
tairlv endeavoring to extricate hlin
mM tell back benumbed with cold.
23 was drowned. Mr. Hoakins
tw-lv was afterward recovered and
oous " . . Hi. u u vnunir
n 2 aWl lamiiy and wad liked by
JSTSi hnCWnood.
Crimes and Casualties.
A special dispatch to the Nashville
Banner, dated Springfield, February
10th, says: "At about five o'clock tin
evening 'iir town wus thrown into
great r.v.iti-nient, caused by the acci
dental shooting and killing of Mrs. li.
li. Bibb, by her cousin, Thos. Hock
crsuiith, a lad of about fourteen. The
loy is now a raving maniac, lie ran
up the street troni Use spot screaming
and tearing his do) lies from his per
son. This is the moat ghocktwg oc
currence that has ever happened in
our town."
The Troy (N. Y ) Press gives an ac-
count of the finding iu
a ueii on ex-v
: mth sin-i nf th.r. eitv.of a vounsririr
! uith the i.illorol death on her brow, t memDersot ine aejeatton would ue
Innrv nceutlv having given birth to , prive them of their seats, were stated
f r - i t I ... .1 is :...... . . . I. . ... . . ......
j a:i in.'aiit. Alter rummaging through
nothing MM nwoMBL wnnn was pueq
uiam the ii-u-born infant; tiwl in al!
urubability it had licvii left there :ii
leant four days. The spark of hie vwi
almost extinet.and hut aplaintive wai!
indicated its presence.
The Norfolk (Va.) Journal of the
11th is iu receipt of the intelligence ot
a most revolting and diabolical out
rage committed u fe-.v days ago on
Wood's farm, near Hickory Ground,
Norfold county, by a negro family
named Seguine, who horribly man
gled aud Murdered a little colored boy
whom they took int , the nearest piece
of woods, aud having first cut out his
tongue by the roots, they put an end
to his sufferings by cutting his throat
from ear to ear. The fiends then hid
the body in a clump of bushes and
went quietly home, i'hey have beeu
arrested.
A tragedy occurred in ft Catholic
church al Piqua, Ohio, on the 14th.
While tlie congregation at the St.
Mary's Catholic Church of this city
were engaged in worship, a youug
woman1 by the name of Miss Mary
Maher enter, d the church and took a
seat, and in a few moments thereafter
deliberately took from her pocket a
pistoi and shot a young man named
Thomas Wise, who occupied the seat
immediately in front ot her. Wise,
after being shot, arose and started to
ward the entry. The woman pur
su.sl him, endeavoring to tire upon
him the second time, but was pre
vented from doing so by a policeman,
who hapiseued to be present, and who
arrlvd her.
A fresh murder was committed yes
terday in the Rue St. Houore. The
victim was a "iuug woman named
Josephine Raftfrfil. aged twenty-live,
living at the house No 283, and who
i- the mi-tress of a man named Du
rand, a pedting-case maker at Menil
moutant. The latter came to see her
generally during the evening, but ar
rived on the occ.i-ioii later than usual,
:u,u lu " -""
Woman liad tss-'i watting i-t mm in
j iiij:e lor more than an hour, and made
some obst't vatloa ou the delay, to
i which he replied in a brutal manner,
i Siime high words l.j!!owed, u-nd the
. . ..,; f
liiau li leiillin ivjwiv tx y ia-i-Riiii'
... . . .. - f.....l
I 111- piM:i,ei t.U'i lur ii-uidi? .-v .
eral tunesin t&o n.vK aim nrea-t, one
u.niin(l iii-netnitiiH' Ln her heart and
esjasiag death iu-tantaneoudy. Du
rum, neotooarn stairs to tne concierge
oi the house and told the latter what
he had done, und Bskenhlm to go and
iuform the police.
i he nm merer
agi-.i Carty-etgfat, is nmrrivd, and the
j lather of a luniijy.
The New York VMA of the Sth
! Inoi.. s.vs that James Brady, seaman, i
eweare t'.Vit irig the laatwwasjs at
lie ship Neptune, 'v'-nta:ti POaoody
not him iu irons- ani while ,
; in ir-.tjs, the Captain, flodirij
i him a-leer. beat him un tn- beatl
with a e-iwhide, pu: a broom-hand!.-j
I trader his knees and doabied him up j
SO mat he CSnia not move; men
prick-d him in the ba. k SftthaaVOid
and struck him on the lace wilh it, ,
also bent him with an iron belaying
pin. 1 In- second in lie comp'iiei nuii
to lie over the aig pen, his feet on cine
Side and bead on the other, In which
poaitiaa ho was k. pt Ifteea ssjaates.
He was tbesi compelled to stand on
hi- head shoot one hour, his legs re-t-ing
nasinot the n. tVilliam Giles,
a native of B-.s.ois-, -wears that the
second taate beat fiim nearly every
time he came sjssf him; msde him
stand on his iiead until Us oyosasltas
if they would burst, his tongue hung
out o! his Month, and he thought he
was dying. In that position he was
compelled to kNs one of the ncro,
the mate threatening to ttreak his head
if he leJpneL The men say no cause
existed for the this cruelty.
Some children going to school at
Poissy, three mornings back, discov
ered a corpse hanging by the feet to
the lower branch ol a tree just outside
tho town. Tliey immediately gave
Information at the Maine, aud the
authorities hasicntd t; ihespot. Upon
the bodv being cuiuovsu ii was n-c
o-'iiiztd as that of a woman nained
Maii , an IndnsiriiKM. intelligent per
son, aud ibe molher of a fjmily. She
was in the habit of leaving her home
early in the morning, and goiug round
to the various works in the neighbor
hood to supply the men wiihcoltee,
etc. LTntortuniU.'v l-.r her, she was
Know n aiwa.vs io i-aii j
a cousi terauie
sum about her, and that circuujstanc
uroualv text to her death.
Slie seuid
to liave been
attacked while return-
evening, dragged into
iuj u.iun. w
alieldand -trngltsi. As sne was a
very powerful wotuac she would nat
urally have struggled desperately,
aud consequently the crime can hardly
have been snsneslttad by; one person.
The London Diuy JVfjraph gives
the loiiowing heiirt-reuding U-stimony
fhv the sole urvior) of the loss of
the iishing smack Supreme, iff ew
KiTTin l,iint: "Tavlor Brown, on
-worn, s-aid he was a nsherniat),
i,f n . ,,. Vpsv-hitiren. and. on Thurs
day morning last, went to sea about
j Tour o'clock, M pansuany with Hunter
Tavlor. Oeorsre Ralph RrNtoii, and
William Oliver. Tney formed the i
Tew of the coble Supreme. A squiiu
. J I . . . . ....... !
O- :.Kl Came suu en;j ujii mtruj,
and the bpar
went aown, nroaasiae i
U. Alt boa
h they were all thrown
fhe water, thev iuii;a?(d to catch
. . l . . u..n .. . ... , ... i.ii-h i
.....i in.,.. . t (..tinsel Vi-s
Dfliw ll "u ,
were not sufficiently large to supori
them nroperiy, and for some
time they were in imminent
Mai "er of drowning. An oar fortu
ualeiy came to hand in time, and by
thi- fiieuns th-y were enabled to join
' their c .mrad.-s on the w ater-iogd
1 boa. The cold, however, was so in
j tense that Oliver very spetdiiy soe
cumtied, and alter munueririg, wu
must all die," toppled into the sea,
j and was drowned, taylor was much
j attested at this ios-., and, having beeu
1 ncruvk heavily ou the head with the
i tiller, shorilv afterward rolled dead
! into the bottom of the boat. The boy
' then shouted frantically for help, aud
' pleaded earnestly tor Brown to save
him; but, despite ail assurance that
help would wine, he also died with
the name ot Ms iuuu orouier upon
! i.ia lii. These occurrences had
ail
taken place b-dore !
rht had fkurly
was thus lelt
.".w'... .u K.i.i u.i ..haatiw
faces of his friends lo look upon.
Bevaral times he was tempted to re-
sign himself to the waves, but hope
whispeting strongly within him, he
seized hold of two flrating fish boards,
a.d7upporteo. himself by then, a; the
. . ... . 1 AM
txiw. iu ims way lie conuuueu uum
Ubout half-pa-.
h9 WM reiCUwd-
eleven o'clock, wnen
WASHINGTON.
The
Political Disabilities Bill TerriLie
Sjfferingi on the Plates.
Washington, February 19. The
members elect to Congress from Mi--sUsippi,
with Senator Revels, made
another visit to the Executive Man
sion to-day, for tin-purpose of requtt-t-iuj,
the President tudt-lay signing the
bill for the aduiirvsiou oi IlIarfMlppt,
until after tlie bill removing political
disabilities, which, contains tho names
of certain members of the delegation,
shall have passed Congress. Th rea
sons lor this request were the facts
that tho admission of the State be tore
the removal of the disabilities ol the
to the President, who, in res pone to
the reuaest, expressed his willing
to conturm to the wishes of the dele
gation, aud consequently the Missis
sippi bill has not yet been signed.
Another reason urged by the Mis
sissippi delegatioti tor the postpone-n-
al Ml the President's approval ol
:he bill admitting that State, is to de
lay the assembling of the Legislature
one week, aud thus enable Gov. Al
corn, who i- now in New York, to re
turn home and prepare his message.
A lettm troni Fort Abercrombie
Nays that Friday, the 11th, was the
most tempestuous one ou the stains
experienced this winter. On that day,
Charles Warner, in company with six
toldiers and an Indian scout, lelt Fort
Ransom for Abercrombie. The sol
diers and scout were soon left behind,
and Mr. Warner heard no more of
Ihem until Saturday evening. While
i topping at a station ou the route the.
scout came in badly UrtMBen and hardly
;ble to talk, reputing that the sol
diers the day previous had got test in
I be drilling storm, and uuhitching
their mules, had camped oul upon th
ojen prairie, all twing more or leas
frozen. The Indian covered four of
them up with the snow the other
two preierring to remain in the open
sleigh and started for sssistnnoe. He
traveled most of the night and the
tiext day; finally arrived at the sta
tion, but so badly frozen and exhaust
ed as to have no clear idea where the
soldiers were left buried. His track--having
been covered by thedritt it
was impossible to follow them back,
and no search had been made for the
taissing men.
The same day two nsenndkO were
chopping wood near Alexandria dis
appeared and have not tieen heard
ISMS since.
THE CATAHOULA VENDETTA.
Enef H story of th; Events Lradinj to the
Trjg dy.
The New Orleans 7 fata of Friday
siys: The terrible tragedy which oc
curred iu atahoula, pan.-h, on the
s:eamboat St. M.nys, is the sequel, we
t Hist, to an old I. u.i a Inch has rage:! ju
thai parish for Ofteon r tw enty years,
ihe two principal-, Colonel diaries
Jones and General Si. John Li-Mell,
were pracninont pisaters and citizens
of the pai islu Colonel Jones is a na
tive, we believe, of Kentucky, and is
aout lifty-five years oid. He married
a Cincinnati iady of wealth, purchased
a large plantation iu CVtiahonls parish,
which be has cnltrvnted for many
y a is. Goaetnl Liddeli is a native of
Wilkinson county, Mississippi, was
a cadet at West Point, and we
believe held a vm mission in the
United States army. For the
givater part ot his Mdiiho sl he has
b'eu a planter la Catahoula, where,
aipi throughout this ejeateand sfiasfci
-ippi, he had acquired the stm-ig
GrkAdship ot a iania ctrete ol friends
- aiid I
Jafjves. Bath geatiemeo served
iu
ir war ou tuo taioiederate
sido. General I'.r?-' ooBUaan jmg a
fine brigade, shich tie handleu 7h
great siiiil and gallantry. Hu was -s-pciaily
prominent iu llu? operations
ur.uiiid' .Mobiltt, when mat city was
assailed and beleaguered by General
Ct.uby. liaserai Liddeil ha- recently
been made a widower, and Colonel
Ji uea' w ile i now iu Europe.
rno food between these two neigh
bors aseatneoced some twenty vena
ago, iu an iucidtul which, thougn en
ve taped iu some saystrtj as to the
caa-e, was well calculatetl to engender
bi:iei hostilities. A lady of N jichs z,
Who wa- sojourning at Gen. Laldell's
Iwonn, uottuelTed herself gros-iy in
suited by something which was re
ported to her as having been said by
UoL Jones. Siie demanded of (Jen.
Lif'.ded to accompany her to J ."s, in
onlsc to obiaiu reparation io'r the al
leged offAise. Liddeli could U'-t
retttse her retpiest. Arriving in
front of Jones' house, he w.ts
called to the gate, and a conversation
ensued between him and the iady,
w hich was terminated by In r draw
ing a pletoland shooting him in the
laie, and as he turued to toove off Jin
other shot was fired into his body.
These WOW very severe wound and
i ; Col. Jones was lam ufi lor a long tune
With them. Jones delermiued lo hold
Liddeli i-j.c!'sioie for this act, and a
loi g series of thieutoued assaults and
preparation for duels and figbts be
IMMII the principals and iheir friends
followed. The whole country was
kejjt disturbed for several years by th is
tei;d. Several reno MttSa rt suited from
it, and the parties all weut armed and
made arsenals of their houses, iu ap
prohei!on of assaults. On one occa
sion a certain prty who was a friend
of Jones, and who vaa reported to
na-e gone, w iih oiiiers, to Use town of
Mouroe, w ith a view ot engaging in a
gem ral tight with a pirty of LsndeU'l
SrhMda, iu returning from town in his
gig was abet and killed in tront of
General Liddoll's plantation. General
L. w as charged w ilh thy ftoniieide,
his trial was moved to another parish
and ne was acquitted.
fehortlyjbelore the war there was an
art list ice and au ugrevmeni to termi
nate the feud between the two gentle
men, but tney never became friends
or held any intercourse with each
other.
(.Juite recently the old feud broke
......I.. fs..... kn i-.i .. miKortiiif of.
ImIoI; "3K
traced v ol the nomiciae oi Air. jonn
i XLtou. This gentleman was Iriei.d
. ut ijolonel Jones, and although Ge'u
t i ; . . . 1 uu mm i . . ,.s ..i . ,.
ft,..,ll resii 1 as it ha-1, IU u- ",,0ls
as it liaJ, iu
- , - u:,. .,; , -Mu.--
of i. lreiitleinati of the chivalric
liir- Oil ..III I.
Liddeli under cir-
:.r.i.-ter of General
miiaamm of the horrible uud
gunary natareal those reported tou-.
" Cene'ral Liddeil ws- a g nileuian of
nlt"-eigni years oi aK, "
Ktr ull who knew
. . ... ..... ui-i tin M- ' J
wmm
greiuj ,
high .
An Imperial U Suit.
LlAKTFOBU, f tiirni 'rT'.'fAT
. . tj. ... li; i . i n n , . i .
nf th( S.'Mle TieasUrei Hgi
ainsi tue 1.011-
t ' i .. t Mutual Lile Insurance Coin
nanv. to be hesrd before the Supreme
Csntrt of Error, next week, is tne most
im KHlUUt.
i,.vnii Hri v. over triea in
I'nunis rieut. It relntfM to the taxu
hiiitv oi G jv. lntiient bonds in the
liauds of the
panies, and i
anil Indirect!
aaestiou rals
Mutuui Insurance Com -
V liV.U.lifeCtil Fll'd.O"".
th tax law
Krrsloht. IS. W
i .srwn trsinchise or upon nronertv.
thtre is an incidental point whether
ascertameu losses uiv,ucau,
clared but not paid, constitute a part
of the proceeds oi insurance,
, ; , V .
Hen Butler a hist Lguro of speech
1 i . .... . ! k O 11 sOOOI.M hll KI)M-n.
is v ' rJ2 if
, woumn iue
1 though.
.,-i, 'iM, ,..;' nlaeed U:lovr tlid made of
Ul'iVIl iiivj-. i uss , f . , 1 - .a T.
Li .,.i .. i, ..-w.risn .-.t . .Y.viit over the KeutucaV ar.a III
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Sr. s.i.inl. ihn an t m niiiienaniiesii. iuuwhi-m unii
...tKrsv Ihn Jar a u tax KlIlK-I'Ti ULl.tlV Utn lUIUUiv s.
THE LOUISVILLE BRIDGE.
Its Rise, Progress ond Completion
Sketch of the Staictore.
importance of the Work to the Trade ana
Travel of the North and South.
An Unbroken Rail from hew Orleans !o New
York by Way of Uuisville.
From the Louis villa Courier-Journal of
triJay.
To-day, February 18, 1870, tlie com
pletion of the great bridge over the
Ohio river at this point, one of the
Uiost stupendous enterprises of the
nineteenth ceuiur.-, will be officially
aunonuced, aud the structure opened
as a public highw ay. In magnitude
and importance the event is BOCOOd to
none iu the history of Louis
ville, and it is meet that it should be
celebrated in an appropriate manner.
Ihe completion oi this great work
forms the lirst uud only connecting
link betweaa the great railway -v.
teens Of the North and .south, securing
to the people of tsoth sections the most
direct and favorable line of communi
cation, thus insuring more inumate
commercial relations und increased
prosperity. By this bridge three
great and distinct systems of rail
ways are directly connected. First,
as Louisville is almost directly
on the line between Pensaco
la or Mobile and Chicago, this
bridge completes the direct north and
so uth all-rail routo. Second, it fur
nishes the missing link in the connec
tion between Memphis, New Orleans,
aud points in the lower Mississippi
Valley and in Texas, and New Yoik,
Boston, Washington, Baltimore, and
the principal cines in the Northeast
ern btates, forming a continuous and
unbroken Hue between the Southwest
and Northeast. Thirdly, it forms the
last link iu ihe chain otroads connect
ing Savannah, Charleston, Wilming
ton, Norfolk, and the principal cities
in the Southeast with St. Louis, Quin
cy, Burlington, Stock lslaud, aud the
lines starling from points on tlje upper
Mississippi river, and H iwlisjing the
far West to the Pacific, making Louis
ville the central point on the line of
unbroken rail route between the
Southwest, and Northwest. And it
also connects us more closely with the
thriving cities of New Albany and
.Teffcrsonvilie, materially adding to
the prosperity of a!!.
Hisntw i op THE UTQIIM
The object ot a bridge over the Ohio
at this point is by no means a new
one. 'ihe neosjsity of such a structure
was felt at au early period in the his
tory of Louisville, and on the l2)th
day of January, 16U), a I ksilfS for the
work eras granted by the State Ltgis
latam Tne wash of construction was
aciual.y co.iiiiien'vd, and the corner
stone was laid on the Kentucky shore
near the toot of Twelfth street with
imposing ceremonies. The work was
atou commenced on the Indiana shore,
and a large hotel for the aecommoda
tiou of travelers was erected upon the
sixit now occupied by the Ohio Falls
Car-works, Jetfersonvilie. Tlie com
pany failed to obtain the limine I j
iiiii.ls to continue the work, aud the
project was abandoned, and it slum
bered on til it was revived by the late
Hon. James Guthrie, who may in tact
be called the father of the enterprise,-'
as it was mainly through his energetic
efforts tnut the enterprise t-iok n defin
ite shape. On the lOtn of .March, 1856,
he proaured a renewal of the charter, or
ratnera new charter, which chattel
was renewed h the Legislature, Feb
ruary 19, ISO:.'. Under this charter
and the acts o: Congre-s pu-sed July
14, 1882, and February 17, 1S65, the
Louisville Bridge Company was or-
laad on the .. nay of December,
1886. Messrs, I). Rlcke" "'It! vvt B.
llamiiton were apnelntetl a commit
tee to solicit subscriptions at twU,
and at a meeting held at the residence
of Mr. Guthrie, February 17, 1867, re
p irted subscriptions to the amount of
oi22,500. Oi this Sum the Louisville
and Nashville, and JeffertonriUe,
Madison and Indianapolis railways
subscribed jointly, tjoj.uoo. It was
resolved to caoMneoee work immedi
ately, and the follow ing directors were
eieetad James Guthrie, o. Bieketta.
A. R. Roidnson, W. C. D Paw and
W. B.Hamilton. At a meeting of the
directors, held February 26, 167, W.
B Hamilton was rJhoBMI Pnsnhnitj
W. EL Shnsghter, S-cre!ary and
Treasurer ; and Albert Fink, Chief
EngiareK
f liliLIJIIXARV SUKVEVS.
In the fail of lyio preliminary sur
veys were made ol ihe several cross
ings at Jeilersonville, Elm Tree Car
den, and New Albany, for the best
crossing, and lor the best connection
for the Louisville and Nashville, Jef
tcrsGu aud How Albany, and Chicago
railroads. Early iu April, Mr.
F. W. Yaughan, Assistant Eugimer,
commenced the survey forthehnal lo
cation and made a sc ries of observa
tions to obtaiu the location and direc
tion of the current at the various stages
of tha river. On the loth of June
the report was submitted and the final
location dete. mined upon.
THE LOCATION.
The location may be described
follows: The track connecting the
Loui-villeand Nashville railroad with
the bridge leaves the yard of the de
pot, uorth of the engine house near
'JVbtb street, and entering Maple
street follows that t-trej?t to Four
teenth, thence down Fourteenth
to Portland avenue, and thence to
High street on a prolongation of the
line of Fourteenth street, and thence
curving to the right crosses the river
at right anfrk-s to the direction of the
current, striking the luuisna .i.oie ut
a oiut 1188 feet below Smith & Smy
e;'s mill. From there the line con
tinues in the same direction which it
crosses the river until it strikes the
dirt road between New Albany and
Jefferson villa. Thence curving to the
right, ll enters Ninth street, Jefivrsoii-
! vHle, and continues along that street
to the leot of tne Jeirersonvuie,
Madison and Indianapolis Railroad.
The total length ot the bridge proper
is Bfltt feet. The grade of the track at
the approach ou the Seonacky side
coriesponuB with thai of High street,
at the point of crossing that street.
From this point it ascends at the rate
of seventy-six feet per mile, striking
the lirst span at an elevation of sixty
three feet above low water mark, and
continues at the same rate pf aseent
: until pier No. li, on the soutu side ot
the middle channel, 00 feet from
' High street, and 21S& from the face of
! the soy'bern abutment, is niched.
! llere the grade has an elevation above
i low water mark of ninety five feet.
I Prom this point the grade is level
' ir MJleet, unU) pier No. U, ou the
n. rth s';1- o ill" Indiana channel, is
i reached, lu this channel the eieva
HHj
t.oo shove low-water ti.aric IS
.1 ...... ...I i UU'.U-fl IT Hn. ill ill.S . 1'illOt. I I
- . . . - -
1 . . - v... -' - 1 .
e . . i..... ii-.'.i..
r- V IT- . ii . .u ...:J.ll
tioitijj tij teei inwer nuu m il- .fhu.....
U-l.Mii.ien
rnjin u ri" uia uruoe vio-
i-L.tj m the rate of 76 fiet uer mile.
reatlung tne normem auu.uieio. i a
-Z L.ti, f SJ i,t above the
distance oi rjv im i.uu. piei .w.
v.v..-.. - - -- ----
natural suriaee oi uio rami. n
i grade
' grauo of tha Indiana approach con-
uuue- . - -
; rtaciuua ----
foi.t from the northern nbutmeni.
The
aiinfwtrtructure of the approach
con-
1 si-its ot an eariti .
the bridge ii
I lOL- ru(ikw...s
the track
dl-
the
hau-
nel is W feet above low-water mark,
and overtime Indiana channel iJ j feet
above low-water uiark.
THE LEXGTII OF THE BRIDGE.
The length of each span, counting;
. . w . 1 a A V I.-, I sJ
irom tnv Kern sexy 10 tne inu...
shore, ana ine euure " r TJ,.
. . i .. .. i . qui u.r.
atriifinrH. inciuiiintr
Th
shown In the loiiowing table.
length of spans are from center to cen
ter of the piers :
Feet.
Kentucky sbataMnt - 35
Two spans of 60 feet 10-1
1 pivot draw over canal 2Cl
4 s ji 1 1. s of 149 0 10 feet 3H8 4-10
2 spuiss of ISO foet &
2 spans of 210 feet 4'M
2 - iii-s of 227 fet 4)4
1 H(n of 370 feel 370
-jioiis of .1 '. : . feet 1473
1 ipsa of 4ih) feet 400
3 (.pans of 180 feet 640
1 pan of 140 6-10 feet 149 6-10
1 spun of 100 ft 100
bsStsne abutuipol...., 35
Total 5s
COM MF.XCNJtEST OF THE WORK.
Ou the 27th of 1-ebruary, 18G7, Mr.
Fink invited proposals for -the con
struction of the masonry, and a large
number of bids were received. After
a spirited contest, the contract was
awarded to Messrs. Nash, Flannery &
Co , on the 20th of April, IS67. In
July the contractors commenced quar
rying stone, at L'tica, Ind., ten miles
above L uisville, ou the Ohio river,
and on the Bardstown Branch Rail
road, twenty-two miles from Louis
ville. ARKAXGEMEXT OF THE BRIDGE.
The bridge, when entirely finished,
will have lootwulks four leet wide on
each side, with hand-radings. It has j
a single line of track, and is so ar
ranged that, if desirable, the space of i
twenty feet six inches between the
foot walks may be floored and ued for I
the accommodation of carriages when I
not occupied for railroad purposes.
The superstructure is proportioned for
a maximum moveable load of 2210 I
pounds per lineal foot, which can only
be brought upon it by a train of en- j
giues coupled together. Seven times
this maxhnum load is calculated to be
the weight necessary to break it down,
in all ordinary railroad work the load
that it wiii bo called upon to sustain
is at most two-thirds of this maxi
mum, so that even tmore than seven
fold is provided to prevent accident.
me total number ot pounds of
wrought and cast irou used iu the con
struct!.. : is 8,7il,0O0, and for the rail- j
posts, flooring aud hand-railing, 639,- I
000 leet of timber (board measure; ;
were used.
In the tall of 1SC7 tho plans for the !
sujierstructure were commenced by J
the engineers of the company, and in !
March, is&s, the -contraet for the en
tire work was awarded to the Louis- j
ville Bndge and Irou Company. Th- y
were to lurnish the irou jv ady for !
trt clonal a price per pound irom
drawings furnished by the engineers
of the bridge who undertook its er - c
tioii. Great credit is due the Bridge
aud Iron i 'onipany for the promptness
and fidelity with w hich they executed
this great contract. Everything has
beeu done to make it a work of unsur
passable mechanical excellence. Ail
of the iron material used, exc -pt the
wrought iron columns, was manutac
tured here and iu New Albany. The
Ohio Falls Nail Works, New Albany,
Aimishndnli the w rought iron proper.
MAGXlTL'llE OF TilE WolLK.
The erection oi the superstructure
daring the past season was a work of
vast magnitude, including, as it did,
the placing iu position the ponderous
mass of iro.i required In the d a m l
span -, one o! winch, the Indiana cnan
net spau, was erected over water run
ning eighteen miles jkt hour, and on
an average ten foet deep. Some of the
pieces weighed live tons, and were put
in place 100 feet above the bed ot the
riyer. In all cases the foundations lor
the false work were obtained by sink
ing cribs hlied with stone.
THE BUILDERS OF THE BRIDGE.
The entire super-tructure was
erected, under the supervision of the
engineers, by Mr. Henry Holla. To
hN euergy, experience and j'ldment
the successful accomplishment of the
work is in a great meaMire due. Mr.
Henry Thatcher, in addition to his
duties as Sshdant engineer, had ape
cial charge of the instrumental work,
-out partarosed hie varions duties with
credit to himself and to the saiisfac
ti in of all concerned. Mr. Albert f.
Ouch rendered very valuable aid as
assistant engineer. To Mr. Albert
Fink, chief engineer, and to Mr. F.
V. Vaughun, principal assistant en
gineer, who has had direct supervi
sion the vs in all its various do
tails from .t- flfmencement, for their
skill, energy and ability, is due the
great meed" ol praise for this preat
achieve! 1 1 en i.
TELEGRAPHIC SUif..,ARY.
A.-rcsttd for Stealing Letters.
Baltimore, February 19. Robert
iiuie, a ciers; iu (he posfortiee, was ar
rested to-day on theobargeoi stealing
letters, and committed.
The Casshdsrsis 0;aa.
New Oui.eans, February 1!). In
the L;islature tlie joint resolution ap
propriating $o,Hj0 for the burial of the
Confederate dead, in rispon.se to a me
morial from the Ladies' Benevolent
Association of Frtderieksburg, Va.,
passed to-day.
Great Fr-nct in New England.
Boston, February 10. A dispatch
from .Coueord, N. II., reports a great
freshet to the upper C'ounectieul Val
ley, and immense damage. The large
hridgo over the river at Lancaster was
carried away, also several barns, etc.
The people are alarmed, and many
families are leaving their houses to
seek safety elsewhere.
Affray at Wheel rg. Va.
V heeling. W. V., February 19.
At an e irly hour this morning an af
fray occurred in Young's livery table,
between a mau named Richard Mc
Crackcn aud an employee of the sta
ble named Maentz. McCracken had
returned from a sleigh ride under the
influence of liquor, and in a quarrel
with .Maentz,' stabbed blm fu the
heart. McCracken was arrests d aud
confined in the lock-up, but escaped
during the night, and up to this aiur
has uot beeu arrested.
Karylaad li rns.
Annatolis, February 19. The
Monarch is anchored six miles below.
Cap i am Comuierell aud others came
a.-liore this morning, and were ri
eeived by the Secretary of .the Nuvy
and others. The party, with the ex
ception ol Robeson, subsequently
calhd upon the Uoveruor.
The State Seuate to-day appointed a
Committee to invite the President and
Supreme Court Judges to the floor of
the Legislature on the occasion of the
.v-. ;-t:oii of the otiieersof the Monarch.
! 1
imporiant Raiiraad fa-".
New York, February 19. An im-
portant case against the Camden and
Anilioy ttuilroad aud Transportation
Company, tor $82,000, came up in the
Court of Common Pieas, before Judge
Daly, yiterday, involving the Uatni
ii v of tho common carriers. The
j piaintUfs, Marcus P. Woodrutf and
ollieis, were me consiguers oi lony
two bales of cotton sent them from
i itiro. vihich w.is conuiii.d by tire in
this city. The bill of iauing or receipt !
given tjy tii' Illinois Ceniial Raiiroad i
at Cairo, had in it certrdn provisions
about cuuimuiileatiig lines, shielding
them from any liability after the cot- j
ton had lelt liieir line, and had writ- .
U.n across its face in red ink, "not lit
bid for loss by nre." At Chicago. 111.,
the road delivered It to the Union j
T ramyortation Company, M ho gave a j
somewhat ditierent bill of lading, but i
loptained the words, "owners' rleif of!
lire" on it iu red ink. The cotton ar
rived here on the Uth of July, and
was placed on the wharf, yhjre it wus
burned. J udge Daly held that 1 1 was ,
a question for the Jury, with a strong ,
" - - in tho artirmiiliv0 '
"resumption - r ' i
v hether the red ink words were a ;
contract between the Illinois Cen-
tral Kailroad, and if they were,
the iiliuois uompany naa tne
rio-ht to that extent to protect the in
termediate carriers, but the effect of
" JTnn was not to relieve the de-
1 lendaat entirely trom loss Dy nre, but
to change this extraordinary quasi
insurance liability as a common car
rier to the ordinary liability of bales
for here leaving them responsible for
the loss by lire, if occasioned by their
negligence. The jury, after being out
several hours, were directed to bring
in a sealed verdict An application
was made for another capias against
the Erie Railroad Company, in the
Clerk's office of the United States Cir
cuit Court yesterday. Theapplicatiou
was ni .de on the ground that the com
pany has failed to perform certain
agreements made with Geo. II. Hayne,
The amount sought to be recovered by
the plaintiffs is $40iX). The capiat was
made returnable on the 22d iust.
BLOODY NE.W YORK.
Two Additional Murders in the G 'eat Con-
n;rcial Cap'tal.
New York, February 17. This af
ternoon, your correspondent had an
interview with Miss Jane Webb, the
niece of Mrs. Sheridan, who was in
the room at the time of the murder.
Miss Webb says that at about half
past eight o'chsrk in the evening she
was silling in the room, working at a
sewing machine, when she heard some
one coming up the steps. Powers was
sitting near the stove, and Mary, the
child, was playing -near the bureau.
Miss Webb crossed over and took a
seat at the table in the middle of the
room, when Sheridan entered and
sat down. As soon as Miss Webb
saw him she ran into the bed
room and told Mrs. Sheridan of
his presence. She asked Miss Webb
to hold the baby and she would go
out and see him. Mrs. Sheridan
went out and seated herself near the
table, at the same time remarking to
befhasfcaod that "she hoped he had
not come there to shoot her, as he had
done a week ago," when he ex
claimed: "Who wanted to shoot
you?" "Mrs. Sheridan replied: "You
know; you know; didn't he, Dolly?"
turning to her daughter, by her side.
Sheridan answered, "Is that so? Per
haps you would like to have a littleof
the shooting now." and then he fired.
Powers jumped up and grasped him,
he fired a;ain, both balls taking
Powers held him until assist
ance came.
About a week agcrSheridan crawled
up the stairs, very drunk, and, stand
ing in the door, aimed a pistol at his
w ife's head. She sprang at hlm.ciosing
the door in his face, and hewentdowu
stairs muttering soraethiug.
Such is the story of the last New
York murder.
This afternoon a woman sixty years
of age, named Mary Cassidy, living in
Brooklyn, came to the dispensary with
one of her arms' dislocated, being in
great pin. Chloroform was admin-i-tered
before commencing the opera
tion, but on the second application it
was found that she was dead.
This ereatisl a, great stir, and subse
quent inquiry has elieited the tact that
the woman had been severely beaten
by her hu-biii I. It is supposed that
his ill treatment ot her wa indirectly
the cause, as the doctors who admin
istered the chloform state that she was
not killed by that.
An investigation will be held to
morrow. TENNESSEE CLAFLIN.
Who She is, ar.a Wr.at Siie Was A Sensa
tion for Wall Street.
CniCAGQ, February 19. A dispatch
from a correspondent of the Tribune
from Ottawa, II!., giyes some of the
antecedents ol Mrs. naMBSeo Ciatliii,
now a bunker and broker in New
York. An extract from the records
of the Circuit Court of L iSalle county :
Wednesday, February 15, lc!o, the
people vs. Tennessee Ciahiii, indict
ment for eheathkfH the same vs. the
same, indict il lor murder; same
vs. same, iudictment lor man-.latight-er,
and opposite to each is an entry:
"It U ordered by the Court that this
case be stricken from the docket, with
leave to reinstate the same."
The history of these cases is as fol
lows: In lsfii Tennessee Claflin,
clairvoyant, doctress, tie., came to
Ottawa and rented the old Fox Qtvot
liou-ie, which io its palmy days had
entertained the great men of our State.
She fitted it up fbr a hospital, adver
tised far and near, and soon had it
tilled with patients; and however dif
ficult and dangerous the disease, she
always professed ability to curejt, and
always deuiuudeo her pay in advance.
Among the people whom she attended
was a Mm. llowe, who died in
gre.it sufiVrin?, the universal
voice of the people being that she had
been killed by maltreatment. Joseph
J. Glover, now ' U. S. District Attor
ney, tells me thai he went to se& the
body, liiivi was so horrified with the
spectacle, that he determined to visit
aflss CtaflhVs hospital, and thither he
weut, and what he saw aud heard
caused him at once to see D. P. Jones,
then Prosecuting Attorney, and to ask
him to authorize her arrest. The ap
pearance of matters was slightly ,;u-,
agreeable to attss Ciartin, anQ sne
made tracks for Cincinnati before her
arrest cotiki be effected. At the June
term of listi-h the indictments here
in mentioned were found against
her, and remained so until February,
19Co, when in consequence of the
sweet doctress not being within the
jurisdiction of the Court, they were
stricken from the docket. When she
lelt there was a man named Dodge
lying on one of the beds, whose last
cent she bad taken iu preteitdiug to
cure him of some facial aflection.
She had, by the application of the
same compound that Wbstet used -destroy
the r!i:-.iijs of Parkman, com
pletely destroyed one cheek, so that
his upper udU lower jaws and palate
were plainly visible.
REYNOLDS.
He is Not a Candidate for the Senate
Prefers the Army.
Chicago, February 19. The Tri
bune has the following from Austin,
Texas, February 17th:
ill .ti-... ' .ira Military nisTRlcT. j
AcsTIS, Ft Oruarv U, 1S70. j
S. J. Tracey, Esq., Editor Daily State
Journal;
In response to the numerous appli
cations to permit the use of my name
as a candidate for United States Sen
ator, I have the honor to request the
publication of this note. I am not a
candidate for any civil position, and I
nave never authorised the use of my
name in any such connection. The
proper discharge of my duties
have required of me the per
formance of many actions ot a
political character; but my con
victions of right and sense of propri
ety would preclude the acceptance on
my part ol any political office at the
present time, or under the existing
circumstance, at the hands of the
Legislature Of Texas. I have, to be
sure, resided in the State, with iriilug
intervals, for more than three years,
but this residence has been as an offi
cer of the army, charged, iu addiiion
to the ofdinarv duiu f my nrofcs
Mon, with its recoustruetion, which an
unprecedented emergency aione could
warrant the Government in placing
In the hand of a sinirlo individual
the vast pow.-r nitrusteu oy tnese
laws to District Commanders. I doubt
whether a residence under such
a condition would eo(itituie hu inhab
itant of the State in the sense iu which
this phrase Is used in the Constitution
of the United States. There are other
I matters pertaining to the question,
i but I forbear to lengthen this note. J
fully appreciate the kindness of my
i friends, who would conier upon me
this distinguished honor, and return
! them my sincere thanks, but decline
to permit the use of my name in con
: nection with any civil position.
Very respectfully,
I Signed
J.J. Ith Y.N OLDS.
FROM NASHVILLE.
The House Refuses to Ceetsre the State
Cooveat on.
Prebable Early Adjonrnaiest of Beth Bodies, i
The
Cosvesiios Makes a Muddle of Uu
Hi-r chad is Tax.
Important Constitution .1 Provisioa AT c:
ing Amendments.
SEECIAL TO MEMPHIS APPEAL.
NAaHvtLLE,Eebruary 10. Senate.
Proceedings in theSeuate were barren
of interest.
John Overton, Michael Burns, and
(Jen. Maney, all of this city, wr -confirmed
as Directors of the Peniten
tiary. If. ii ii fr--..' r i t ' , i , rr ' - i . I i . t nai
the L-irlaturt' a-liuum- to the liist
Monday in May, WM adopted, but
m., i i .
oa auuseaiueuuj. uiuciwai tu iur
Seuate by fixing the time of adjourn
ing for 28th inst.
The House poAssod to concur in the
amendment, and postponed its con
sideration until the th.
It is pretty certain that the Legisla
ture will adjourn about the 7th of
March, if not sooner.
The House resolution denouncing
the poll tax provision amendment to
the Constitution as an outrage, was
tabled by a vote of 48 to 19.
The House resolution providing for
employing an attorney to protect the
State's interests in Shelby county, was
discussed at some langth, and finally
recommitted to the Judiciary Com
mittee. ConveiUion. A resolution was intro
duced that the Convention adjourn
tine die next Tuesday.
An appeal from the merchants of
West Tennessee was read in regard to
the merchant's tax.
On motion of Mr. Stephens, the
Convention reconsidered its action on
leaving it to the Legislature to tax
merchants, and the following amend
ment ottered by him was adopted:
"The portion of the merchant's capi
tal used in the purchase of merchan
dise sold by him to noa-residents, and
such beyond this State, shall not be
taxed at a rate higher than the
ad valorem tax on property."
The Convention refused to suspend
the rules lor the purpose of taking up
the loiiowing propo-itioa offered by
Mr. Boose:
"Nor shall that portion of a mer
chant's capital used in the purchase of
merchandise sold by him to resident
citizens of the State be taxed more
than double the rate of ad valorem on
property."
A proposition was introduced, which
ftn over, that white men shall be tried
by white jurors.
A pioposition reported by the Judi
ciary Committee was adopted, that uo
Convention or General Assembly of the
State shall act upsn any amendment
of the Constitution of the United :
States, proposed by Congress to the sev
eral duces, unless such C invention or
General Assembly of" this ..ue have
been elected after such amendment is
submitted.
The Convention adapted an amend
ment that no bonds shall be issued
to railroads which hayo failed to
pay interest on bonds previously
loaned, or that shouid.dispo.se of bonds
loaned at less than par.
The Convention will adjourn on
Tuesday or Wednesday. It is in ses
sion tonight.
AsQUAVED PRESS DISPATCH.
Nashville, February 19. The
House of Representatives to-day re
jected by a large majority the resolu
tion declaring the provision of the
Constitution adopted by the State
Convention, requiring a prepayment
of the puli-tax before exercising the
right of suffrage, an outrage upon the
voters of Tennessee. It was this pro
vision mat caused ueo. v . Jones to ,
secede from the Couventiei;, uiul to
declare that he wot',!.', oppose the rati- !
tication of tha amended Constitution. I
The Convention adopted the amend-!
ment providing that no Legislature
shall i.ttify an amendment proposed
to the Federal Constitution unless said
Legislature shall have been chosen
subsequent to the ubmUsirds of the
amendment by Cengret-s.
The protest of the merchants of
Shelby, against the amendment of the
ConstitliUon leftvin.'thpnhi',trrtav. I
. . - . 7 . , , r J , i . f si.-. R.-. tu. the loss .ur upreme - oanc-i h ts
ation on men hanu to the Jjeglslature, r - ,n hll, dejUn Ju jg,aj-Vra
wa.s read, aud the vote adopting saiu ' ternu? ha general.
a ii-i'i,' ii i 1 r was :,' ... i a Rnulvd, That white he bow with snhrr.ls-
).u A i - iL iou to the decrees of an Ail-Wise Providence
thO Convention then adopted the we tender onr condolt-nre to the family or
amendment deelarinj; tiint the portion i decease... and reier th.u :or oousoiauju u
of ......i-.l iuJ in tho nr Hini, "Than whom nans so mighty."
Ol merinant S capital tisetl in the pur- , nolte,l. That our Consistory, and its tm
L'hase Of goods Sold to UOU-reiuent. pleinenu or work, be draped in mournlns.
shall not be hue. g a higher nle o(e,CffC.n i
than an OB VSUOran tax OU property, i that tueie reso.aUuos be spr aa upiii .mi
It refused to Consider the proposition f Kalasters published in .the city papers, a eiipy
tn t ...lmia tho -. tliuxfit. tha e.,..-
chase Qf goods sold to residents.
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
From P.ujya,
Beklix, February it'. The old offi
cers of the North Parliament have
been re-elected. .
Erom Portugal.
Lisbon, February 19. The CarlLst
committees are vigorously at work,
and have lately extended their opera
tions to the Spanish frontier. Lmis
saries from other countries are ar
riving every day, and are well sup
plied with money.
Irom England.
LONDON, February 10. The Specta
tor has an article ou the treaty lately
concluded by Sir P.utherford Alcoek
with the Cninese Government, ex
pressing a tear that that gentleman
has sacriticed the opium revenue to
secure other trade privileges with
China.
The Spectator thmk.s England
might be led to let Canada be inde
pendent, but that country is as reluc
tant to surrender her empire as the
United States was to surrender the
Southern Confederacy.
From France.
Paris, February 19. The remon
strances ot the unemployed diplomats
delav M. Prevost Pumdal's appoint
ment as Minuter to Washington.
Magistrates are daily engaged in
examining, the prisoners arrested
during the late trouble.
The Emperor has had several meet
ings with the Papal Nuncios on the
subject of protestations against the
Svllabus.
"The decision of the High Court is
more serious than wss at first report
ed. By an order of the Court, dated
February 18, 1870, Prince Napoleon
Bonaparte is to be judged first for
having committed voluutary homi
cide on the person of Victor Noir,
and that this was preceded or fol
lowed bv an attempt on the person of
Uirteh Fauvdte. Secondly, for hav-
. . . i .i . I ... L.i.
mg aiiei'JLOU iue u.iniicmtr ui i nu-
viDL This order places the Prince
under article 34, of the penal code
The punishment heing death, but In i ttll lilat r0uowd itteated the sincerity o
case of extenuating circurnsitances, ! Uit laitn scrupulously heneat and just in
the Court can lessen the sentence by tha muitifartoua relations of the bustling
two degrees. It is reported that a nes- I ot bcsineea with tha world, he lived in
sion Of the High Court will beheld j pmeUeal obedience to the precept: "Owe bo
at Tours, in the Department ot Judi- man anything, save that ye love one an
vet Iaire. It is reported also that the I'otber." A devoted husband, an affectionate
Chief Ol Police Will not allow the I parent and grand-parent-for such he wss
ifroot rtarndeH on tthrove Tuea- i vet a few days and he will be seen no more
rfn v i Mardi iiras ).
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TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.
NEW YORK.
tttw Yora. February ts.fYrtfrm t. !. :
,.o.il. -;. Horn- lu'l at S-J ",. W il,k.
L-e-l:
WMWISC Corn, mlxsl,
Ri- doll. CatT
firm. Hazar 'iulet: Cuba
UaWMc lola-a ilu.l
TaaiJjr Th weekly bank utpm.nl U tjn
fvorahie. trat better than via expected
There Ix a net low of f 25.10 ttu in reserves,
bat the banks till hold $31,000,000 above the
Wl recairements:
t i -i i V:,
ojiecie
Uee'en e .
Cli filiation
Oecrease..
D-posUv
vjmj-
I7.77
SS.SSM71
t.aoi
212.1S3JN6
1.0
SS.tM.MS
1 HrJOt
i leavMSi
Tli
ir cent i
at. Mterll
t ...... -. . . O'd .
. iry u-bui hu; niinru
j htand ird brand. Pries- are I
I lnqtilrr. The Print m-irket
, vul y,t m falr triMle t(;-
wlU remove any depression last exists.
CHIl'AOO.
Vwtcxao, February 19 Floar sprtn X,
MSSwt "- Wheat, M'.c i ora. iW-,o'.c
oa,3VSV- ttye, Ct HlKbwlne,
Pork, i.e. Lard, tHc RougU side. , ;
short rtbs. 14.
LOriSVlLLE.
ixr:-?iLi.s. rtbniary i. -ToKirr--n. -.
14.1 hi..
J-S r.T. Si rill .7 .di ' low In -il !.-:..
to cood leaf.
tton dull V. W .
Flour H ..)
Ms. Wheat.
rflae. ssd ft j
for i
s: -.
ATI.
Pork held st tS
lojc; kids., tooee. hei
situuld. r, V. -sds, 1
Kurd. (U-iu, l.-fta. bul
Sunr, liijfilfa. slot
ST. M
Srr. Lons. F-.braary
il 1 1 ' ' e:i. !n:r-
'CIS.
14. -F:oor nnrflne.
, 704?!c Oats, -jft-wc. 1
hanged- Pork, ' i !
'X".;.;. nams,, is jiae. tid
NEW ORLEANS.
Nkw Orlbans, February 19. C
j an
bale: ret..'ip:.s '.izl; eip rt- lo
t.. ' ronst 1 . 7:fi ; to Hels. .efor
2i5 Flour, superfine. -1 90:
K 30. Corn ii ij.
Pork. $2.42. 50 Bacon should
. -.c. fierce i...r :. .
Suar firmer; prime. 12.al.
prime. 77 jT8c. whiske. Miasl
teg.
ilo.a--. ..
as. tof-
lee, 1jU, I.J-, Ih'.c; p.l tie. 1,
-mfr OoIlI,
... s-.-rlm it:,, s -w York jlil at par.
NASI! VILLE.
NAStrriLLB, February . "ofton flu; :
low tuMdilug. ; - i ordiaary, tic.
SiiA'k, 5623 ba.ea.
FOREIQy.
Losrrsosr, February .'J. ...mfcols for mos.T
92; for account, lr. Ajnertca'i sscurltius
nuiet; I '-,; "-. s t ; una., m a
Paiiis. rebrusry n. -The Bourwj is duii.
Kulea I'if boc
FaaowKroaT, February .3. Bonds Arm; 93'J.
liAVRtt, February ll. Lotion quiet: Us on
tlie --jot; :'jnt afloat.
Livaaroui. Fesrnary 19 i OssSssl dull: up-
is o-a. .
r .-. Ski
.lXed, 22a oats, li id
iV.ARP.IE0.
JO 1 SSTON JuHSMTKN-In (llasaow.Kk ,
oa February l7oi. bv Itev Mr J. C. T.ite, Mr
JaIu V J .Hstsiosi. of Me i.p;'Ls. T.nn . auu
Mi-w i.'oki.elia, daughter oi Dr. T. B. Johu-
j stou, oi ciia-gour.
The bride - one of the mosi. loveiy snd ac
eomplisaed of Kentucky's fair uaughters.
and will be
" A guardian angel o'er his llfs presiding,
Doubling hu p.eaeures and als cares di
viding." The groom was one of the true and most
gallant sol iters of the " Lost Cause." S-..y
:nends congratulate them upon this blissful
unloa, sud wish ihera mush happiness an
prosperity s theV Journey tarougn this life
together. May they r-allie in Jnal ihat
" ihe J.i a of m-trriage are tire heaven ou
earth.
Life's para-iise, great princess, the soul'
quiet.
sinews ot .-on 'Ord. esrthly lmmortiiaif,
r.t.r:.ity of pleasures."
L VMU BLEsltsiNU Yesterdsy evening, a'
St. F.i r Ci's Lhnrch. by Itev. Father Wa.su
Mr. I. F. Lamb aud Jilsa Kate Blssbisu.
The happy oouple leu ou the (learner R. P.
W.-.It for a ihort tiip southward. We sin
cerely wish that their honeymoon may Issl
forever. While tt Is not ezartty a Uon and a
lamb lying down together, we still hope il;
alter a while a little chiid shall lead tuem
asd he q blessing o Iv lh of tnem.
DLUS MEUMQUE JUS.
eoNSiSIoRY OF WEST ZKM1IS3HKJC,)
O.-. or .Memphis Uh ij, juOu. j
At a special meeting nf this ifinsistory.
held as above, the fullowicg prearcUie and
resolutions were hnahimouLj' adapted :
Whkskas, The Sopreme Diipenser of Life
and Oeet.'i, h vs. .a His Inscrutable wisdom,
removed irohi oar midst, unto life eternal.
Qfi much beloved and revered Brother.
WD li ax s. Kik'xwxx. OaeLieuteaaati.r.iu.l
I'ommaadcr of thetlapreme L ouaell A.-, and
A.. S.-, IV. Kir the Southera Jurisdiction of
thsVuld states a man whoau great learn
ing was the prioe of every Mason waone un -
. - -.r.g labor tn the field of Masonic litera
ture haa given a Urge lUems for rettcH-ttoa.
and whose career as a philanthropist va.
well marked QJ tROee wim whom bwCHM in
conlac , iMhsKAt ayl shadoiai tias cou
ierre.4 his spiritual dse upjjn him. and ele
vated htm to that "Supreiuei..'Uccil," where,
as 'aae.ime Prince of the Uoyal Secret.'
be ud Earned on earth how tu gaia ad a. I
sein .trv-; therefore, belt
Aj JssSt That we deem It a sabred duty ti
Veuirai.. his meiuorv. an J unite ocr cond..-
' with oiher oodtea o lhn A. . sua A.-
" MU .ne
Uracil i onslstory of Ueors!a, hU late Ma
sonic home.
Fraternally sahmlt.d,
A. h. r'RAXKX.VNP.S'
JoHX ZENT.il .
r. F. a is'en, Ai '.
H. T. ToMLIXaoX, 32".
I). C. 1UAOLK. 3-'.
H MEM0R1AM.
TnW.NSENP ried, on the lath day of I sb
rnary, A.t'.. '9TU. alter a painful and pro
tra.Led Illness. Daviis Iowssbsd, at his resi
decsri. nea. Lolllsrvllte.ouelBy county. Tenn
Thesttrrfeet of tbls sketch was born in Ali
son county. North L'arolina, on ins 'JTth da
of Ix-cemoer, A. D.. 17-7, and was, CO use
qnently, at the Lima o: his dsaih. verging
upon the 7Jd ysar of Ills .age. He was one ui
In one pioneer spirls, who emlxraUd :n t.
year i81S to the fertile, bat then almost un
known, vall-y of the Black W rr ..r at
time shun the In -ant State of Alabama had
but barely atra ned her political majorl y
and been admitted into Ihe laml.y of States.
Bold aud rt-iotuie fwu!s were they. Sesrtr.s
wn h them the lamp of civil izaiioo. and the In
separab.e tHk and ax. wtth wh-'en to wrest the
sceptre of ucnlulou from ferocious beasts
and roving savsge bar.lH. Removing to Mls-
ssif.pt aboni thsyear ISW, he there remained
until the autumn of IbitT, thence removing to
1,,- present piace of abode, where he f.-und
ootii a home and a grave. Year by year at.d
day by dsv the great moving ciYavan nf Ufs
pauses In lis pilgrimage to the final - -a. to
mark the wrecks whicn death has wrought in
the ranks of these living and ureslhiug' his
tories of the past, the mriury of whose srr
vices in the cause of civilization is now but
dimly seen in the twilight of tradition, or
wuer', trembling upon the llpsoi garrulous
od age, it drops piecemeal Into tiie tomb.
Tne great Iconoclast, Death, has shattered,
a.nl-lst silent groups of sorrow-stricken rela
tives and sympathizing friends, another of
those crystal Images, through the medium of
which we read the unwritten history of the
paat. Deaih is at all times an unwelcome
viator, whether it comes to the jouth, whose
bounding vein beat hlgb lusty life; to tne
man of mature years, absorbed in ambitions
neheraing. or to the gray-helred sire, whs
palsied speech and tottering limbs he has
marked for h s spcU. But there 1- a peculiar
flinets In a life, WbCM vista, extends over
vsst fields or accomplished labor, belna
rounded Inlo compldteneas tsy a lieu, vic
torious over ail lis His. "The end crows
the woik."
David TowjaWD, In early life, embraced
i .. . ,iu su.in v. Ua i.i icr I! r. : - h.
1 ex Uvlag men i but hla memory wUl be Quia
with tmmnrttGnot recret. by n-io nt Wtt
. , Iln. , ,lMK!rndHnt, who ,!th
bitter tear, and lamentation, km H k , -
V.. .y 9 .a ...
wiroT:ai uara or he
May te benlen Spirit of Grace wh .
K".- io aeu,ra Umu. 'xit'lielr
oats Into abmU!oa to Hi, wt t Th nsa
he haa preceded a. tun th-. an luworer .1
chantry from whoso boarn-. no t
tarns,' Aere Is reunion awa tins
r ri
tae To Com
whro bo. row u ...
clime, sad war ti-nui al ;. .,
crowned w.th Joy nl rrnl ion. Ail
tormye,as hi st-agaling .'i
be rid or that wh:.jli tette ed II d-.w
w.tii the , si datb. he wsl
sndanpportsd by aa liaiai.:e, h A
terln? tnut. that wum i . Ore
to reckon Bp LL.e lot swei
i ou ciMussd
and pai.a - spirit
ocoan'.ed cot the least ortliy,f t
oat. His life recorded ms:iy - w
mpb. bat the Ust i tie
lot ot the anb!"3cL!:.z -oirr. o,m
HEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
COMMERCIAL
hUB3E8.ES,
Memphis. Tennessee
On New Raleigh Road, three
Court .-t ; are.
rails from
-RTTfT snd Ornamental TreefJ irr!-.
tni't, etc . is vrriety sad ,u. titr!
ioa tor c a r.r. vr.t is h twr. if yoo
-.tor.
Copartnership Notice.
usaer tae
Lf gal Rftice.
Joars' JOli.ssoS,
W. s set' v.. n
feb-D
TiiUSTE'S' SAUL
j f . tt. D
andK
e.nsou, Johu W. Iiuiard
On Lie 24ih of March, S3 70.
In front of i
J. w. Li. iiixsojr.
. W. oi l.
Feb. IS. 1S7B. XeJBl
REMOVAL..
TTEsTH FrtAZ-lrt, 'Ti.SSF.T. HA K
11 removes! .lu sou h- est Sttcusr i scoe.j aad
L'n on stxevts, OU..O-1U; the :tw t'caisiffite..
lebJO
DISCLUTIOfi.
i" HE opartnrfsltlp h. xvUA-jiv exlsrlns. lye
twrtrn t . Si Hej.u i -ti u-i - H 1 o.d wr,
u.itif.- bai- nadittf hv1 ibijr e of k bn, . i
runner. :.t in. i.-d b . am . i- lo .a y . t--olvt-i
3fr. f M hi bin n il eoMiatM t..e
sMssuae a, husil shuma swi ka iU ust ss.
r. . 1
Feb. I. LKa ftitefi . 1. tuMha,
N0I1JE TO SHlPPERo.
V"0 FREIuHrrs WILL BE REI T.I - KB by
J MKMPi 1 .s 11aRlJs;ONK slL
uullt iurtl.er notice.
Fco. n, 1S7U.
A. J. LOWE. Agent.
NOTICE.
AMES, 8ATT. GO.,
393 GAYuSO 8L0GK,
orriB .vl :0t or
furniture, Carpets,
WINDOW SHADES,
Gil Cloths, Mattressej, Etc..
T THE LOWEST RATES.
Silks! Sitks!
Special Bargains
fine Black 6ro3 Grain
1ST)
Biros da Rhino Silks
AT
H 50, $1 62 1-2 &$ 75 par yd
AT
Menken Bros.
They have also a Full Line of those
CHECK & STRIPE SILKS
At 75c and $1 00 par yard.
Their Lice of
Bleached Muslins
la now complete; also, a Tall
Line of SO-4 Sheetings !
They offer, at attractive prices.
LonstJdlri. AndroscGggm. New York
Mil's and WaaMUtta.
i We are closing oat a !tn ot Ladles' OXftv
MIS and -KiarB."
Menken Brothers
Cor. Court and SSain Sts..
MEMPHIS,' - - - TENES3EE.
ieba
COARTfiERHIP NO I ICE.
i-II.' p-.rtDership . -c. lof.sre exisan be
tween Wii:um H. jit wn. oi ei L-ba .
Pa., and Nathnnlet 2 Jones, of Mem pa Is.
l'enn.. In theooa. business at Merapbi. and
Month of W hite river. Ark , under t.:e firm
name of BROWN A J' Ntu-. hav'nir e-rpireu
..y Umitatiou on the first rty of reoruary.
'.S'O. we have this day mmna ly aaree.1 tn a
oon'tinuaiion ot same, under tne same flim
name and siylsv
We tave tue present .ipportuniry to ask the
attention of tne citizens ot Memphi and
-arroundina cuunlry, sreamooat wro, rte'nn
ind th - pu ollc generally , t . our lare au j In-
orown owning and running eleven tow
boats aad over seven hundred huge, aad
mining all our coal from his own selected
11 1 nea, wa therebv securing f.rthi- market
none bat the best PHtbuig Coal, which we
will be enab ed to place on the mark, t at a
l .w figure for cash, we are fjlly prepared to
lo a wholesale and retail ira .e of any ex
.ent, and are stveb ot'T or stock.
Thaoktugthe citizens of Memphis, anour
manv steamer patrons and friends ror their
past liberal patronage, wo would respectfully
...licit k contlnuaoe of same, and wegnar
antee the same pr jmpiw ss and dispatch in
attending to your or.lers we have heretofore
sxhlblteu. Bespeetfally, BROWf .
N. M. JONES.
Vempht. Teim . February 18. le7Q.
All steamnoai m.ui matter ,d iremted
ro our car--, eutier at Mompais or mouth
White river, Arkaners, will Oa promptly da-
tOWN 10N52t.
BA1KRUPT HOTICc.
In the District Court of the United latatas For
the District of West Iennesaee. In tue mat
ter of Ha-t to.. Bankrupts, in bank
ruptcy, District of Weit Teauassaa al.
to whom it may concern : si.
The undersign so Uereoy gtv-es notice of h-J
appointment as as-urne, o c t- -. a s j-!!?
-.1 Tenur,ee. wltniu isald u "rlwrnJ,3r
sdjuda-ea su --, .1 .77,,
utioo. by tne i-------A
Mem
hdBIs. "
ruary, A-D.
E A-D.. 1'J.
ieaS
JOHN D. BA1BJ), AssUjawe.