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TTTTfl MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL THURSDAY. MAECH Q8. 1878. MEMPHIS APPEAL BY GALLAWAV & KEATING; Tcrma of owrlptio, lally A Weekly It corT, oim month, by mall 1 OO 0:- ooi r, one year, by mall 14 VU lfii copy, six montba. by mail . ,neeopy, one week. In city t)ii j copy, one month, in city 1 lO 1WFHKI.T i Cri3 eopy, one year OO Cne copy, six mourn. Ratea f Adrertlalas. yirst Insertion, per o.ure . OO subsequent .insertion., per aguare SO - Ubt llnea solid nonimrell ni&kee ooe Kjuare, and twelve llrwta make one Inch. .r.-nl Notion are twenty cent per line Brat Inser tion, erteea eetiU per Une per week. Wunu.ete.,are tea oenu per line Brat Insertion, ana ne cent, per line each mtbseuuent insertion. LeAtn and Marrtatce notlrea. Funeral notice and (rt-Kuartes, are chanted at r gular rates. V a 111 not accept any adverUaeinent lo follow read ing matter. 'Mm CoaCMbsstora Md Crreapsi4esit. V c solicit letters and eomraonlcatlotis upon subject ; ot icmteral Interest, but such must always be ac- ecmpanled by a responsible name. V will not return rejected communications, (ipedmen oople. sent tree of chwx. lu onlertiMt papers changed from one postofOee to anotUer, the names of both postoffloes should be uriuail-books are kept by postoffloes, and not by Individual names. 4 II letters, communications, or anything else for the AtTaUX- should be addressed QALLaWAY A K KITING, M.C. Oaiaawat, 1 282 Second street, M. kJUTixo. f Memphis, Term. ;2EJIPHI APPEAL TI1UB9DAT, : t IB. ARC EL 28, 1878. IIB. LIKE P. HLACHBl'BS. This gentleman is a candidate for governor of Kentucky. He has issued an address to the people, in which he discusses elaborately the present depressed condition of the coun try in connection with the finances; ascribes it to the contraction of the currency, and fa vors the making of greenbacks equally legal tender with gold and silver as the chief rem-t-dy. Upon State matters he is equally ex plicit; is in favor of equal protection to all, 'without regard to caste, color, or condition, and proposes, -if elected, to suppress outrages and murders; will advocate the material de velopment of all the rich resources of the State, and promote the interests of educa tion; is opposed to employing convict labor, except in limited cases, and will guard honest labor from its competition; depre cates local prejudices and eectional ani mosities between various portions of the State, and will give careful attention to the public health, by the advocacy of sanitary regulations, to be enforced by an efficient board of health. In the interval, until the convention, ho proposes to visit each county in the State, and "freely and frankly address the people on every subject of public inter est." If the people of Tennessee, and espe cially those of Memphis, could have any voice in the selection of a candidate for gov ernor of Kentucky, Dr. Blackburn would be I ho man, for they remember with gratitude liis services during the yellow-fever epidemic. He sacrificed the ease and comforts of home, and risked bia life for our suffering comma r.ity. Dr. Luke . Blackburn is a man of threat abilities, and the people of Tennessee would rejoice to see him made the next gov ernor of Kentucky. UEOUUE I. PETERS. This gentleman may be considered one of the rising young men of West Tennessee. "We are not the champion of Mr. Peters in any aspirations he may cherish, but we are proud of his position as a young Democrat. As a member of the legislature, he made an enviable record. His speeches were able, fresh and original, and characterized by a logical vigor and a breadth of statemenship rarely found in one so young. At the request ef a friend, we republish the following trib ute to Mr. Peters, from the Bolivar Bulletin: 'We learn that George B. Feters is a candi date for attorney-general, to succeed General Luke E. Wright, of Memphis, who declines a re-election. Bolivar feels a deep interest in the public usefulness of Mr. Peters. He for merly lived in Bolivar, and greatly endeared himsef to our people by his many mental and moral excellencies. Outside of our apprecia tion of his high personal worth, we have watched with the greatest pleas ure his legislative career, seeing in his emi nent usefulness in that field of work a sure sign of still larger success when weightier re sponsibilities should rest upon his shoulders, lie is ready and fitted to move up . higher in the public service, and we hope the people of Memphis, who have heretofore favored him, and been by him honored in return, will see to it that this gifted and worthy gentleman he triumphantly elected to the office he seeks, which, professionally and otherwise, he is es pecially prepared to fill. It is a pleasing sight to see a young man move forward from one position of public service lo another, and at each successive step securely fix himself in public confidence, thus using the experience of the past as so much scaffolding out of which to construct a future of the highest usefulness." BLl'XDRUISiU COTTON POLICY. We have endeavored, again and again, to arouse the attention of cotton growers to a misapprehension common among them, that if one-half of the cotton now produced was grown, the planter would get as much for it as for a whole crop. Within this very week vre saw, in a published letter to the grangers, this question : "What profit is there in a full crop of cotton when half the amount would luring the same money V" This assertion is eimply false. If half a crop of American cotton only is raised next year, cotton will be higher, of course, for the reason that the world's crop of cotton will be decreased by that amount. But if of the crop of the cot ton produced outside of the United States though it is possible those who make the as sertion we are objecting to do not know that any other country besides the United States Ijrows cotton half of it only was grown just the same result would follow. But sup pose the outside growers, from this time, should grow only half a crop a year, so raising the price, would the American grower be "smart" enough to increase his rop that he might profit by the improvement in prices ? When that increase reached the point where the total production of the world got back to the ratio existing before Europe dropped its whole crop to half of one, the price would naturally have fallen back to the former proportion. The advan tage of price, in short, would prove but tem porary, but the American grower would have obtained one inestimable advantage he, and not Europe.would be supplying the world with the great bulk of the cotton consumed. We presume the reader, whether granger or not, can see what a grand advantage that would be to gain. But if the American grower was (he one to grow the half crop, how then? Clearly the foreigner would grow as much as would make up for the deficiency, but in the end he, and not the American grower, would le the principal supplier of the world's cotton. It follows, from what we have said, that it is to the interest of the Ameri can cotton-grower to raise large crops, not small ones, for no country reckons its gains by the small, but the large amount of its produce. Were not that the case, those who bad the poorest lands and the smallest crops would be the preatest gainers. To grow any sized crop, however, would be growing at a loss unless it was grown on paying terms, and it is not raying terms to grow cotton by the 'aid of lubor whose meat was bought with borrowed money, or assisted by mules whose corn was paid for in herd cash. The true secret of what is the proper amount of cotton to grow is simple. In your garden grow your own vegetables, in your fields grow your own wheat, oats, hay, and corn, and let your meat be of your own raising all this having been provided for, then grow every plant and fibre' of cotton your industry and skill will produce, and bo get the world's cot ton market into your own hands, and let the United States cotton market be a vast one, not a little contemptible affair. We can imagine some of those who know so little as to recommend half crops, equally in want of knowledge as to what can be done by rival growers of .this country by growing less than the world re quires from it should stimulate them to do all they can. For the benefit of these and others whom they would mislead, we add some facts upon this subject. There is no country in the old or the new world that is superior, if equal, for cotton growing to Afri ca where the climate and sod are such that it grows wild. Dr. Livingstone found it abundant in the interior; he saw it at times cleared off as a weed and a nuisance to make room for other crops. In Liverpool the little African cotton that is exported brings three to five cents more than' India. In Youba Dr. Livingstone found the natives effering large quantities of cotton for sale. In July, 1858, Lord Palmerston expressed his opinion, be fore the British parliament, that the time was coming when Africa would furnish a large portion of the world's supply of cotton. What one portion of Africa can do we prac tically know, for since 1821 a considerable amount has been grown along the Nile, and it can be grown in the Nile country clear into the interior of the continent. Stanley following Livingstone has said that the interior is open to it, and the commerce of the world will very soon penetrate every portion of it, and bring all its productive powers into use; and for raising cotton they have the very negro labor by the aid of which we have raised it. But this is not all. One of England's great est ambitions is to grow herself, within the scope of her own power, every pound of cot ton her artisans spin. She has tried in In dia, with only partial success. If she could have Egypt in her hands, then, with her im proved implements and modes of culture, and her machinery, she would accomplish all she deiircs. The issue of the present disputes in Turkey is quite likely to result in England taking the suzerainty of Egypt, now held by the sultan. This would make the khedive England's vassal, as the native princes of In dia are. What England will do in such cir cumstances is plain, from the fact that Eng lish engineers are already publishing plans by which with proper dykes,dams and canals, such as England could readily construct, three des erts lying up the country could be irrigated. Wherever the Nile waters reach they deposit the rich mud that made Egypt the granary of the world hundreds of years before Abra ham went there or Jacob sent his sons "down to Egypt to buy corn." By their irri gation the English could multiply their cot ton fields without limit, or they could grow cotton np to Nubia and to the very center of Africa, aided by tho natural annual-overflow of the river. As the reader spelled out at his parents' knee or in the Sunday-school the. sweet story of Joseph and his brethren, he little expected a time to come when that fruitful land of the Pharaohs would threaten him with rivalry in the way he gains his bread, yet that is what has actually come to pass. Let the American planter grow his half crop; let Manchester be visited by a cot ton famine once more; let the factory chiru. neys cease to smoke and the looms lie idle, and the artisan be pinched with hunger lor want of cotton, and England will not suffer as she did during our war; she will grow Egyptian cotton, and then there will be plenty of chance for blundering, short sighted American planters to grow only half crops and be thankful to get customers for even that amount. TUB REVIVAL OP EMIGRATION. The great increase of emigration from the eastern to the western States is creating great excitement in the eastern States. We see it stated by the Baltimore Gazette that at all the leading points on the trunk lines the in crease has been very marked, running np into the thousands, and there is, as yet, no sign of abatement in the exodus. The ma jority of the emigrants are represented to be farmers of the poorer class and mechanics who have abandoned all hope of procuring employment during the present hard times, and determined to resort to agriculture for a livelihood. Strange to say, the tide of emi gration sets chiefly in the direction of Kansas, and we are told that in one day alone of the present week fifteen hundred emigrants set tled in the southwestern part of the State, while twelve thousand acres were taken at a single government land office. The causes of this sudden and exten sive emigration are not hard to discover. The labor agitation of last summer and autumn, following immediately upon the riots, con vinced the better class of workmen that to go on fighting against the laws of demand and supply, which control labor as well as capital, was a sheer waste of time and effort, and that the only way to bring about better times was to utilize the surplus labor of the country in developing new resources of wealth and prosperity; and it will be remembered thpt this feeling led to the organization of numerous colonization schemes, some of which were carried out and others interrupted by the approaoh of winter. The present movement may, therefore, be set down as the continuation of that of last year, the result of the same causes and animated by the same spirit. Its effect can scarcely fail to be bene ficial, draining our eastern centers of industry, as it must, of their unemployed labor, and opening up new regions of our territory to set tlement and cultivation; but it is certainly surprising that this emigration should be di rected to a section of the country which of fers so comparatively few advantages to the settler. It is a striking commentary on the attitude of the south that with all its supe rior attractions of climate, soil, crops and society, it is neglected for the distant prairies of Kansas, which cannot be tilled without great labor, and which must be always sub ject to great extremes of weather and the ravages of the grasshoppers. The south will never reach its true level of prosperity until it realizes the importance of competing with the west for skilled labor and capital, which now flow in a steady stream from all the larger centers of population in the east. Thk American national cotton exchange has published its official report for the six months ending February 28th, and we are indebted to the courtesy of the superintend ent of the cotton exchange, John Toof, Esq., for a copy of it. It states the. total net re ceipts at United States ports for the time named above to be 3,563,927 bales, against 3,581,434 at the same time in 1877, and 3.478,039 in 1876. Total exports 1.311,046 bales, against 1,476,076 in 1377, and 1,330, 541 in 1876. Stock at ports 854,355, against 880.956 in 1877. and 850.066 in 1876. Total overland direct from producer 417,907, against 471,456 last year, and 496,483 same time the year before. Shipments direct to mills 180,627 bales, against 227,787 in 1877, and 205,477 in 1876; this portion of the state ment is noticeable, the figures for this year being 47,160 bales less than the correspond ing six months of tho year before, and 24,850 less Iban during the same timo in 1876. That tickling in the nose, stop it before it oecomes caiarrn, oy nsing ir. i. n. M Lean' celebrated catarrh snuff. It oranthn. i lays irritation, it cures sores in tie nose or kkiu, nun rt-moves pimples on tne lace Trial boxes 50 cents, by mail. Dr. J. H. M Lean, 314 Chestnut, St. Louis. SHOT WITH SLUGS. A mo4-CardIiaK Tracedy 1st Col am -bait, Ohle Asi Old Hast Kills Ills) Horn aad then Blsws Off the Top mt Ills Own Head. Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Columbus, March 25. A blood-curdling, sickening tragedy, which has shocked the en tire community, occurred here about half past six o'clock this evening. An old man named George Weiman, between sixty and seventy years of age, shot and instantly killed his son, and immediately afterward blew his own brains out. The deed of blood was committed at an old box-factory, at pres ent unoccupied, at the foot of the Broad street bridge, and was the result of a quarrel over some business matters between the father and son. It seems that they had been carrying on tho business of pump manufac turers on Water street, near the bridge, and that on tho fifteenth of March last, George M. Weiman, the son, bought out his father's interest, tho latter retiring from active par ticipation in the business. Some trouble arose between them about the settlement made, and a quarrel resulted, which culmi nated in the sickening tragedy of to-night. Yesterday Mr. Weiman, sr., visited his son at the works, and they had a long conversa tion together, parting apparently on the best of terms. George did not see his father all day to-day, and this evening about half-past six o'clock he left the shop in company with a man named Osgood on his way home to supper. Their road brought them past the old box factory mentioned above, which is a dilapidated wooden structure, two stories in hight, with a window in tho second story facing on Broad street. As they were passing the building, and when almost underneath this window, the loud report of a gun rang out, and with the words "I'm shot," Wei man placed his hand to his breast and dropped lifeless to the ground. Osgood, who was not a foot from him at the time, looked up to the window from which the shot had been fired and saw the father hastily leave it with the gun in his hand. Immediately after ward a second report was heard, followed by a heavy fall, and some of those who ran up stairs found the old man lying in a corner of the room with the whole top of his head blown off, and the weapon, a doubled-bar-reled shot-gun, beside him. The report of the horrible affair spread like wildfire, and in a short time a large crowd had gathered on the scene. The coroner was immediately notified, and the bodies of both men were removed to their former homes. George M. Weiman, the son, is about thirty-eight years of age. and leaves a wife and six children, whose grief, when his body was brought home, was heartrending. He lived at 174 West Broad street. The father, who resided at 33 Center street, was nearly seventy years of age, and always bore a good reputation, although slightly addicted to drink. No motive other than the business difficulties between him and the son can be assigned for his bloody deed. The gun used by him belonged to one of his grandchildren, and he had it loaded with slugs and buckshot. He was seen to enter the box -factory early in the afternoon, and it is said he lay in wait there until evening, watching for his son, whom he expected to take that road when going home. On an examination of the bodies the son was found to have had bis breast riddled with the shot and slugs, a portion of which had also en tered his brain. The upper portion of the old man's head was shot completely off, and the blood and brains were spattered over the walls and floor. SNOWED IN. Five Feet on the Level In the Black 11111a All Communication with, the Outside World Severed Expec tations of a Ureal jt'lood Casualties. A correspondent of the St. Louis Globe Democrat, writing from Deadwood, Dakota, under date of the fourteenth, gives the fol lowing distressing details of the recent snow storms in that region : Previous to last week every one here has had good cause to rejoice at the moderation of the weather in this section of the country; in fact, so mild and spnng-like has it been that freight trains have been running with such regularity as to keep the market glutted, and thereby prevent merchants, who. in an ticipation of a hard winter, laid in a heavy stock of goods last fall, from reaping the golden harvest they anticipated, and miners nave been enabled to stay out on prospecting expeditions for weeks at a time, without be ing driven to the camps by hard weather. So little snow or rain had fallen that old miners were beginning to look anxious and talk of a short supply of water during the coming summer, which would convert our anticipa tions of flush times and big "clean-ups" into but air castles. However, such talk is no longer heard, the Storm King having treated us to a snow-storm, the magnitude of which is a surprise to "old-timers," for snow fell continuously for a period of about one hun dred hours, commencing one week from this (Thursday) evening, and continuing until this following Tuesday. During that time at least four feet of snow fell in the valleys, and a much larger quantity in the hills, lhc streets of this town present A PICTURE SELDOM SEES, except at extremely high points on the Sierra Nevadaa. Piles of snow, in many instances ten to twelve feet in hie-ht, mark the spots where it was shoveled off the house-tops to prevent the roof's from caving in under the weight of the snow, which settled to the depth of from four to six feet upon them. The grade of the streets is also several feet higher than the sidewalks, which, lor tne most part, have been cleared off to admit of the passage of pedestrians. All communica tion with the outside world by telegraph or stage has been severed; in fact, it is only within the past two days that the roads be tween this and the nearest outlying camps have been opened. Freight trains and stages are blockaded within four and five miles of here, and, at this writing, cannot move, but for the past two days men and teams have been busily engaged in breaking the roads. and everyone is now on the qui vive to wit ness the arrival of the first mail for a week, which is expected to-mgbt or to-morrow morning, k torn a tew men who had the en ergy to be the first to attempt to travel, we ! have; learned of many casualties which have been caused by this sudden change in the weather. They tell of lost men of whom no trace can be discovered; of blockaded stage passengers who were compelled to abandon the coaches, and walk miles to the nearest ranche in search of sustenance; of mule and ox trains, the stock belonging to which was , literally buried alive in the snow, and MANY OTHER STORIES OF SUFFERING too numerous to mention. But the weather has now changed again, and the vast snow banks are commencing to melt away rapidly, in consequence of which the talk regarding the water supply for the summer assumes a new character, and instead of hearing com plaints as to scarcity, the cry is now, .Look out for the flood I" In fact, some of our citi zens have already taken steps to remove from residences and storehouses situated on the low ground into others built on the hillsides and above the high water mark. But if the weather continues as it now is, and we have no rains, tho probabilities are that the ca pacity of the creek will be sum- cient to carry the water off, al though the facts that a large propor tion of the buildings are located on.very.low ground, that the channel ol the creek has been necessarily rendered very crooked by mining operations, tho "tailings" have been left in such position as to effectually dam the original bed of the creek in many places, it must be acknoweledged that the chances are not calculated to inspire those residing on low ground with mnch confidence that they will not some fine morning wake up and find themselves compelled to take a cold bath in order to escape the danger of drowning. However, the majority of our population are not in the habit of meeting trouble half way, so they amuse themselves by pelting one another with snow-balls, much to the disgust of the possessors of store windows, and to the delight of the glaziers, whose faces as sume a look of intense gratification every time a snow-ball passes through a square of glass, for EACH ACCIDENT OF THIS KIND means bo much bread and butter. Taken al together, this storm has not been a bad thing, for many a poor fellow who has had to econ omize, and live sometimes on one meal a day, and sometimes on none, and whose sleeping accommodations have been, for some weeks past, a straight-backed chair near the stove in some sakDn, is now "living high," and sleeping on prairie feathers, having made a "grub stake" by shoveling snow off the roofs and sidewalks at one dollar an hour. Prices have not advanced yet, owing to the large stock of provisions on the market before the storm commenced. The damage sustained by property in this town is inconsiderable in tact, hardly worth mentioning, ihe roots of a few houses caved in under the weight of snow, and one row ot tenement houses, built rkn t h. ftiila nf u hill wna rmwA(( nvr into & pig-pen, about twenty leet below, by the vol t: ume of snow which was allowed to accumu . . . ... -- . late in the rear. The greatest losers will be freighters who were roowed in on the roads, many of whom have lost mules, horses, and oxen, Messrs. Pratt & Ferris alone having lot stock valued at about five thousand dol lars. With but one or two exceptions," the quartz mills were all shut down; butTnost T them start up again to-morrow, the roads between the mills and the mines having been cleared sufficiently to permit tho teams to haul ore again. BESSIE TURN E it AX ACTRESS. A Modest First Appearance on the Htajro L'ader an I'ssomed Xante. New York Sun : Miss Bessie Turner, the able witness for Mr. Beecher in the great scandal trial, has become an actress. She made her first appearance on tho stage on Monday evening last, in Dan bury, Conncti cut, as a member of a company sent out from this city by J. W. Collier, the actor and keep er of a saloon at Thirtieth street and Broad way. This organization presents A Celebrated Case, by permission of the Union Square the ater management, and Miss Turner's role is that of one of the girls who appear in Ren aud's cottage, in the prologue. She has only a few sentences to speak, but it is said she shows aptness indicative of talent for the bus iness. On the following evening she acted in Waterbary. She is to travel with the com pany throughout New England, the per formances being in the smaller cities. Her principal stage companions are Messrs. E. K. Collier, Charles M'Manus, M. W. Lefing well, W. H. Thorne, Frank Harrison and Miss Lillie Eldredge. She is called Beta Avery in the bills, and no intimation as to her identity is given in the advertis ing. It is palpable that, after the training gained by this tour, she will secure a place in some New York company this season. Miss Turner has had a varied experience since her achieve ment as Mr. Beecher 's useful witness. The Plymouth people did little or nothing for her, and her notoriety made it difficult lor her to get desirable emr loyment. She was at one time a waitress in a dairy restaurant. Later she came upder renewed attention through a fight in Long Branch between the coachman who claims to be her brother and a New York politician. THE Ul'PEB 21ISSOUI11. The Prospective Rush of Trade and Travel to the Northwest The North ern Pacific Railroad, and the Steamboats Steady to Accommodate It. St. Paul Pioneer, March 24th: Mr. T. C. Powers, ot Helena, Montana, of the Fort Benton line of steamers on the upper Mis souri river, reached St. Paul yesterday on business connected with 'the transportation trade of the northwest. Mr. Powers negoti ated a contract, last evening, with the North ern Pacific railroad company, by which the steamers will make regular connections be tween Bismarck and Fort Benton, and through tickets will be sold from St. Paul, and other prominent railroad centers, to Ben ton and Helena, a thing which illustrates the advance of civilization to the foot of the liocky mountains. The steamers will make their trips so that a boat will leave Bismarck once a week during the season of naviga tion, and, though this attempt at direct connections at Bismarck is merely an ex- Ecriment, it is believed that it will e accomplished, let the condition of the river be ever so low. The river is now open and boats will be ready to leave Bismarck by the niiddlo of April. The freight already engaged for transportation warrants the pre diction that this combination of river and rail road through rates from St. Paul to Helena, will be a grand suocess. There will probably be no other regular line of steamers on the upper Missouri this season, though both Commodore Kountz and Commodore Coulson will resume steamboat operations on the up per Missouri and its tributaries, the former having taken the government contract for its Yellowstone transportation business, and the latter for the transportation from Bismarck to Benton. The government rates are about forty percent, lower than Commodore David son's figures last year. There is a prospect for an immense emigration of people this spring and summer to !Nsntana and adjoin ing Territories, in addition to the usual rush to the Black Hills, and the Northern Pacific railroad company is making active prepara tions to adapt itself to its increased business. TELEUKAPIIIC BKETITIES. Rome, March 27: Cardinal Dipietro has been appointed pontifical camerlengo, and not Cardinal Morichini, as before stated. Berlin, March 27: The test votes at the meetings of the political parties show that Bismarck's railway bill will be rejected. London, March 27: The amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England to day was two hundred and sixty thousand pounds. London, March 27: George Banniston, a grain merchant at Retford, has failed, with liabilities at one million five hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Rome, March 27: It is reported that the forthcoming encyclical letter of the pope will refer to the Italian government in severe terms, but will be very reserved regarding other powers. London, March 27: The race for the Lin colnshire handicap took place at the Lincoln spring meeting to-day, and was won by Kaleidoscope. Kosey Cross was second and Cradle third. London, March 27: A Vienna correspond ent telegraphs: "Whether General Ignatieff comes here to interpret the treaty, or ne gotiate an understanding, opinion here is not favorable to his success." London, March 27: A Times Berlin dis patch says the pope's conciliatory letter to the German emperor has been answered in the same spirit. There is a prospect of the ultra montane difficulty being overcome. Harrisburg, Pa., March 27: O. F. Bullard, the member of the house who embezzled a certain building association funds, and who escaped from the custody of the sergeant-at-arma in February last, was this morning ex pelled from the house. Boston, March 27: Tho supreme court this morning, on application of the savings bank commissioners, granted an injunction upon the Broadway savings bank of Lawrence, deeming it injudicious to allow the bank the advantage of the new law. Albany, March 27: Tho senate to-day voted not to remove bmyth, superintendent of the State insurance department, who was charged by the governor with violating the law in the matter ot payment ot bills by the insurance companies for official examination of said companies. New York. March 27: The will of the late Samuel Woods, who proposed by his last be quests to found the Samuel Woods college of music ol the city ot Hew York, was ottered for probate this morning. The will has been contested, and the trial of the case is to take place during May next. Mr. Woods left a fortune of about three million dollars. Boston. March 27: At Waltham. Massa chusetts, yesterday, James Larkio, while in toxicated, beat his mother senseless with a poker. Supposing her to be dead, he set fire to the house and jumped. into the river, but the current bore him to the land, where he was arrested. The fire was extinguished. The mother, though severely bruised, is like ly to recover. Rumors of Indian Hostile Prepara tions Confirmed. t Chicago. March 27. Unofficial, but trustworthy, information from Fort Walsh confirms the recent story of a large confeder ation of hostile Indians in that vicinity. Sitting-Bull and Spotted-Eagle have been re inforced by lodges irom the Missouri river agencies, including Red-Cloud's, and it is now estimated that there are from five to seven thousand warriors within a hundred miles of Fort Walsh. Some ot these bands have been seen by Miles 's scouts. The sav ages are very restless, and are under constant surveillance of the too limited force of Ca nadian mounted police, who evidently an ticipate trouble. At a council the last week in i ebruary, the Indians resolved to resist the buffalo law, and Sitting-Bull counseled moderation toward the Canadians, but breathed defiance against Americans. Tho force is well armed and splendidly equipped, and could probably be augmented to ten thousand men, in which case a vigorous sum mer campaign would be probable. An old darky who was asked if, in his ex perience, prayer was ever answered, replied: "Well, sah, some pra'ars is ansud an' some isn't 'pends on what you axes fo'. Jest arter da wah, w'en it was mighty hard 6cratchin' fo' de culled breddern, I 'bsarved dat w'en eber I pray de Lord to sen one of Marse Peyton's fat turkeys fo' de ole man, dere was no notice took of de partition; but wVn I prayed dat he would sen' de ole mun fo' df; turkey, de matter was 'tended to hvfo" fin up nex mornia', dead sattin!" MURDER IX MASSACHUSETTS. A Ilaman Tieress Hammers her in valid Mister to Death. Special to the Cincinnati Enqulrcr.1 Boston, March 23. Tho community here were startled to-day by developments show ing that Mary Ann Jones, a maiden lady seventy-six years old, had been beaten to death by her sister, Mrs. Phebe Atkinson, seventy-eight years old, at Andover, a short distance from this city. The victim, who was infirm and crippled, died last week, but the facts attending her death have been carefully concealed until to-day, when, instead of her dying in a fit, the police became convinced that she was murdered. The sisters have for six years lived together in a house owned jointly by them in the town, and during the time Mrs. Atkinson had been excessively cruel toward her invalid sister. Neighbors have often interfered, but this only increased the fury of the aged tigress and the sufferings of her .victim. A lew days before Miss Jones's death, rhebe, armed with a short, stout cane, with a heavy knob on tho end, clubbed her on the head in a shocking man ner. The victim, weak, and almost helpless, resisted as beet she could, but the recreant assailant, with a ferocity almost incon ceivable in one . of her age, jumped upon her, and tore the hair from her head by the handful. The inhuman Phebe renewed her assault during the same day, using a bottle and a thick umbrella handle, and only desisted in her devilish work when she found Miss Jones insensible on the floor. For two days after she allowed the poor woman to lie on a cold floor utterly neglected, and then discovering her victim was dying, suddenly disappeared. The body presented a terrible appearance. The head was covered with innumerable severe bruises and cuts, and the blood flowed froui the nose and ears. - The upper part of the body was most horrible, and plainly showed the ex treme tortures which the woman had en dured, and to escape which death must have been a relief. The bosom was coverod with bruises. The skin was torn from the back, and the raw flesh, exposed to the cold and wet clothes she was allowed to lay in by the brutal sister for two days, must have caused the victim excruciating pain. No motive can be ascertained from the deed, except the murderess desired to possess the interest her victim had in the property. The women are of good parentage, and their property is free of incumbrances. Secreted in the house were one thousand six hundred dollars, which Phebe left behind, together with quite a number of shares of railroad stock. The police are actively engaged in searching for the assailant to-night. Huesrestlon to the Traveling Public. Tourists, emigrants and mariners find that Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters Is a medicinal safeguard against unhealthful Influences, upon which they can Implicitly rely, since It prevents the effects than an unhealthy climate, vitiated atmosphere, unaccus tomed or unwholesome diet, bad water, or other con ditions unfavorable to health would otherwise pro duce. On long voyages, or Journeys by land In lati tudes adjacent to the equator. It Is especially useful as a preventive ot the febrile complaints and disor ders of the stomach, liver and bowels, which are apt to attack natives of the temperate zones sojourning or traveling In such regions, and It Is an excellent protection against the Influence ot extreme cold, sudden changes of temperature, exposure to damp or extreme fatigue. It not only prevents intermit tent and remittent fever, and other diseases of a m filarial type, but eradicates them, a fact which has been notorious for years past In North and South America, Mexico, the West Indies, Australia and other countries. A CARD. To all who are suffering from the errors and Indis cretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc., I will send a receipt that will cure you, free OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary In South America. Send a self addressed envelope to Rev. Joseph T. Inman, Station D. Bible House, New York. Rkliablk help for weak and nervous sufferers. Chronic, painful and prostrating diseases cured with out medicine. Pulvermacher's Electric Belts the grand dlslderatum. Avoid Imitations. Book and Journal, with particulars, mailed free. Address Pulvkrmachkb Galvanio Co.. Cincinnati, Ohio. JLITHOGKAPII JPRIXTlXCr. SHIPPING TAGS PRINTHSTG AND LITHOGRAPHING! As cheap as any house In St. Louis or New York. S.O.TOOIT&CO. Nos. 15 and 17 Court Street. NEW FIRHS. Notice. rpHB Floral Department of the Nurseries of R. G. J Crata 4 Co. have been this day sold to Messrs. J. H. NaleA Co., who will continue the same as here tofore, at the seed otore of ii u. craig x jo., Main street. Memphis. Tuanking a most liberal public for past patronage, we bespeak a continuance of the same to the above firm. March 22, 1878. B. G. CBAIG & CO. J. H.NALE & CO FLOWERS, Bedding Plants, Ornamental Shrubbery, and General Nursery Stock. We offer for sale at lowest RETAIL and WHOLE SALE rates, wbut we believe to be the largest and Dest assorted stock of the above articles In the Southwest. Pine Hoses a specialty. 379 Wain street, Memphis, Tenn. NOTICE. I HAVE this day admitted JOHN H. COCKE as a nartner In business. The stile of the ilrm will taEB. HOWELL A CO. from this date. All pnr tles Indebted to the old firm of H. B. Howell are re quested to come forward at once and make settle ment, fliarcn ia, is. tu a. uuwull. H. B. HOWELL. JOHN II. COCKE. H. B. HOWELL & CO. GROCERS, COTTOX FACTOKS And Commission Merchants, 2CS Front St, Memphis, Tenn. The new firm solicits a continuance of the pa- tronace heretofore extfndl to the old firm. WJEJBKL.Y AFI'JKAJL. ONLY S2 PER TEAR THE MAMMOTH Weekly Appeal CONTAINS 40 COLUMNS OF Well-Digested Topics OF THE NEWS of THE WEEK AS WELL AS THE Latest News of the Day AND IS WELL FILLED WITH Literary Selections Ktnbraclng Political, Commercial, Literary, Sclen tMIc, Agricultural, Philosophical. Religious, ordinary news, and all other matters of Interest to the farm er, llanul acturer, Mechanic and Merchant. HEOICAL. The Greatest Medical Triumph of JJodern Time. H33:rinsndod "by Physicians.' Indorsed by Clergymen. Pieso VT.'.t have gained a popularity nnpirstleled. Druggists everywh.r say their sale is unprecedented. Tlicy arenanorlhlru nostrum, polled np to ilei -lvc t ho tredulouit, but are the result of lun; research, by a rhemlxt and phys icinii of thirty years' experience, wuo values Us riputatlou more than sold. THEY CURE DyspiTwIs.Costlveness, Tiles. Jsun. "'"'Snce. K-vrr. Ague, and Wind Colic THEY CURE Pick ll.-aJarhe, Fonl Breath, ' w"- fi.tnlenre and Indigestion. THEY GIVE Ai.t'Uie, IVsh to the Body, and lib! WW I. (li , Sptl.lu. THEY ACT on the Bi.H.d, and remove all 1m- THEY CURE C" u " ,u, , 1111 ."uiatlsm, and Kidney TKFY CURE li.ni-'ss, lleartburn, and Bll inci vunu tm, c!ii-. TKFV CAUSE the loud tu assimilate, and nou irni vnui. rjhthelwMly. THEY CURE Scrvousiica, and give refreshing; THEY ARE lnvalimhle for Female Irregularities. TKEY ARE the family Medicine ever f ' d!cnvpre1. THEY ARE harmWs. and always reliable. Hohl evrryrrltere, US Cents a Pox. OffUm, .. Murray tttmrt, Xeto Xortc A PHYSIOLOGICAL View of Harriaso ! A Guide to Wedlock an J -oniiUi'm.al Trraue on Ins lutiu oi nrwiTiuce and th aawi tint unlit for It ; the creta cf E.eprodneicm and .r.a jjisraaca ci women A book tur pJrntr, ronf"i- catc rwiia. ia pares, frw "Jfii. A Htii vn I E IViiiDICAL ADVTSCn! null diFfmlcraof TPnvr.ta K.-.t.urc! ar.iiu irom Oclf Abufio, Excesses, or 6ecrct Disensrs, Vuh tiio IkiI tx'nns of rurj 24 lorrtj jr.sre. pr-cO rt i. A CLIIJICAuIjFCTUIIEoo 1'iccbort iraT9 and fho-io ef the Threat and I-unfrs, C3tarrii,Kupturo, lit .i'hPT bock cut otprit'lon rrc:pt of jt; cr all three, crt"ain;r-'ilr''--. rV"atifiJul'v il:t:r.itrt!. 1r 75 cts. Adurcm ER. fcUTTS. bih. i-i. tt. I onia, Wn. '0 CURE-NO FEEPH M. i.i.va lvul lln.nl- 1411 ii r.-vs v Miunicion tircel, v .u.-io, t.T lit? rare ol .11 Wiv-lt, Cbrmilc find bperlal St-vlnal WrakMfW, PVOU. leblllty, mnd jot Manhood, lirrmstwrttly rnnri. lir. O.i a ftnultiale of the Kcform Scltuwl, Kn.l n do M-nnry ; ha. Hi. Ifu-rr-l imclkvln th. ITniuxl Slain. LAMIES Bqnirii tnU nttnt wiUl tiome .nil bowl, mi 1 or writ. Kvitv cortvpnifnc ftc KMfenU. End FlflT .. r- MAKRIACK OriIEl SIS i -.t, Unstated. tf AKRIED I.AUIKS ilnd cenllt-men urnd Kifty CenUfor Sample of ltu liber Gnnda ar.d Cirmla.- ofinincctant inf.rmtirn. bv erres Comaltatkm biM and contdentiml. Beliable Femile Fills " a Hoi. f-9 R B O I A IT Bo" cf Df,r'y 800 " il M n tl E M u SEGRETSS.- msmajre pnoaia idow, r tn cure dlwurt. Hun4 1 of HeclDM- Kent ceureltr acaled for )c-nt (BoorjT or pottajr tamp). AddrMS C A. buiiA9.NAM.6il N. J-iflii btrwt. St. LoaU, Ma, lO 11A VK ROOD HEALTH THE LITIB MUST UK KliPT IN OKDKlt. nr ,4 a . coHsnnrnoti ' CM-furinieijeA JSUUlEaaiMrUHi MhnnuiiMin m S FOR DISEASES OF . BILI0USIIF9JS 1 ADY3PEPSIA.yJ lCC Hnj I FX 4 V or Pamphlet addrew Dr. Sanfofd. New Vi THK BEST-TOE CHEAPEST! The American Soft Capsule Company PURE CAPSDLATED MEDICINES In Metallic Boxes. Full directions. Castor Oil, Codllver Oil 2fto 'Oil Turpentine, Bals. Caplba..2e Oil of Cubebs with Copaiba foe Oil Hale Fern with Kamala 7Fc Finest Oil of Sandalwood SI VW ask fob thk American "8TAR" Trabk Mark, and see you get lt.aX3 jrorsaie Dy an uruggisis. 37 Court Place, LOUISVILLE, KY., A m!,riT educated and ItoIIt nualiScd phvaiian and tha Duxi suoeeMful, cs his practice will proTe. Cures ell forms of PRIVATE, CHRONIC and SEXUAL, CIS EASES. Spermatorrhea and Impotenoy, aa the result or sclf-abow in youth, sexual excesses In ma turer years, or other caua, aud producing some f the foi owiDg effect: NeiTOiisness, Seminal K missions, (nifhl tnis rtoo.'" by dreams). Dimncns of bight, DefectWe Memory, Phy nicalD.vay, Pimples on Pace. Aversion U Society ol Kerne lfs, Confosioa of Idea. oss of fc'.xual Power, 4c, rendering marriage Improper or unhavTr re thorough W and pTma nently curM. g YPHlL IS poaittTlJ" cured aa ea tirely' emditej. from tho avsu-m; GoHOrrha GLEET. Stricture, Orchitis, Hernia, (.or Kupturci, I'ilos and other private diseases quickly cured. It b self-evident that a pay eacfan who pays special attention, to a certain class of diseases, and treating thousands annu ally, acquires great skill. Fhvsicians knowing this fact often recommend person to my care. When it is inconTenient to visit the city for treatment, medicines can be sent priTatel and safely by mail or express anywhere. Cures Guaranteed in all Cases undertaken. M , M Couamutions p-n-nnaUy or by letter free and lorlted. Charges reasonable and correspondence strictly confid fulls... A PRIVATE COUNSELOR Of 50O pat69 rrjt to any address, securely sealed, tor thvty (SO) cents. Should bo rend bv all. Address as above, llfflos hours from A. M. to 8 P. st. Sundays- to 4 PKESCKIPTIOX FKEB. THOU THE SPEEDY CUBE of Seminal Weakness. JD Lost Manhood and all disorders brouzut on by Indiscretion or excess. Any druggist has the Ingre dients. DE. JAUUE3 & CO , inn west sixiu sireet --; STOVES. STOVES TRUMPNAAT. Jo 143 Towns and Villages, in C8 Counties, in 74 Cities, in 18 States, Where they can be seen on sale and In successful operation. THE ACTIVE, FOR COAL OB WOOD. TEE IiA5Y GAY, FOB WOOD F. J. TTJRNBTJI.I. HOLE AUEIT, Ateaier in moves. Tin ware, oils, stamps and House-Kurulsliliijc Goods. 234 31aiii St., ITfempIiis JLOAN ASSOCIATIONS. AFRXLl, 18T8. MEMPHIS BUILDING AND SAVINGS ASSOCIA TION 01d?Mt Halldisiar mnorlatlaa In Memphis will Issue a NEW series of stock from APRIL 1,1878. The stated monthly board meet ing held on the above date, at 71,3 p ra., at 41 Madi son street (basement), to loan out the monefs on hand and receive dues and Interest Money to Loan! Stock for Sate! No Back Lues! Pioneer Association of Memphis. G. 11. J UD AH, President. 8. Storm, Secretary. Chickasaw Building & Loan Association. THE regular monthly meeting occurs on THURS DAY, March 2Htb, over Union and Planters Bank, when the money will be loaned out. Dues must be paid by that time, or Ones will be enforced. Stock for sale. U. U. CBlIli, President. A. Hatch ett. Secretary. Sew Series! New Series! Xew Series! WORKINGMEN'S - Bulletins and JLoan Association. ISSUES a new series of stock every quaiter; com menced business In 1 873, and has beep and Is a SUCCKSd. Stated meetings held on FIRST TUES DAY EVKNINU or each month, at their oluoe. 2H1 Main street, up-stalrs, to make loans. Seventh Se ries commences April 1, 1 878. Subscribe now. Money to Loan! Stock for Sale! No Back Dues! L. LaGBILL, President. Chas. T. Patkrsom. Secretary. FOB SAJLE. JLEA.VIAO THE CITY. rjTOB BALE Stock and fixtures of two Family Gro X1 cerles, Butcher Counter, two Blocks, two Ice boxes and Tools, Household Furniture, one Ward robe and Couch, handsome Illustrated Bible, two newStiwliig-Machliies; also, a single set Cricketing a:par.itus. If not sold before 22rt April, will be sold 011 t'l.il d.ite br public auc-tloiu J. AINSWOBTH A SON. corner llnrnando road and Clay street and Vance and Avery. k . 2ar a E5 in ft mnnnmn IMPORTATIONS EXTRAORDINARY OF dummer urenaaines We teg to announce the arrival, bj " Direct Importation" from Parts. Ex. Ocvan Steamship Suevla," via ICaw Vs-fcrtr tn f aartwiViia rtirpit. In ftn?t.l" tltO imtsl irlk(ial vn uurt vuriMi II.ia Dl Ann P. cabipv mr. EVER IMPORTED. PLAIN BLACK In the very best and most Ceantiful Kesillc Grenadines, Black Grenadines In Fancy Quadrille l'laid?, Baje Stripes, Damassce and Matelas?e Effects, Novel tics in Black aud Fancj Grenadines, exhibiting exquisite Bonrette, Knickerbocker and Chenille Effects, the most attractive ever offered In this market. As the season for the purchase r nd wear of of those we would recommend our patrons ana tne general puono 10 kmj no time in securing some 01 those charming gocds that we ure offei lug at such low prices. LOW 242. 244 and 246 Main St., Cor. .Jefferson. J, 750 Brls. "Nelson Distillery" Fire-Copper BOURBON SPRING OF 1873 - FREE AND B. II. CABBEEY. 500 MTfflLSR CAKBERY & CASEY, importers and Wholesale Liquor Merchants, Nos. 34'7 Front street, Memphis. Tenn. MITCHELL, HOFFilfiAN &Co MAXTFACTlKEi:S OF FURNITURE A.VD DEALERS IX CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS, CURTAIKS, LOOKING-GLASSES, HAIR, SHUCK, MOSS AND SPUING MATTRESSES, 303 Main and 3G Monroe streets, Memphis. J. T. FAEGASOV JAMES J. T. FARGAS0N & CO. WHOX.ESAXE Grocers and Cotton Factors 3G9 Front and 32 Clinton Sts., Meinpliis. NAPOLOEN HILL. X, FOXTA1SE. HILL, FONTA OOTTOH AND WSOISAI GROCERS Nos. 3GO and 3 52 Front street, Memphis, Tenn. ACEXTS TOR IHE CELEBRATED. CABYEC COTTON CIAS. A. YACCABO. B. VACCARO. A. B. TACCARO. A. VACCAKO .& CO., LMrOKTEKS AND DEALERS IS WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS, Ho. 324 Front street, Memphis. SOLE AGENT'S FOB COOK ClIAHFAGXE mPEKIAI rpHE undersigned have this day entered Into a copartnership, under the firm name of Ccbblns, eunn & L Fagan, for the purpose of carrying on the Foundry and Machine Business In Memphis, at the old stand of Cubbtns Jc Uunn. This the ninth day of January, 1878. JOHN CUBBIN3. JOHN GUNN. WM. N. fAGAN, formerly Foreman Union Iron Works. Nos 163 to 171 Adams street, FOUNDRY&35ZLACHINE SHOP CSTAII work in CE Utao fioIicitedjEa B. K. FLA1X. W. A. WILLIAMS. W.H.EADER & CO MANUFACTURERS OF oors, Sash, Blinds, foldings ALL KINDS OF Rough & Dressed Lumber, Shingles, Lath, Etc OFFICE AND FACTORY: 358 and 300 Second street, Memphis, Tenn. SEXD FOIC UUK XEW AND REDUCED F1UCE-L1ST. f. undue THEY COMPBTSE THE IRON-FRAME GRENADINE desirable make and color. unequaled and elegant fabrics Is rapidly approaching W - 74 - - 75 - - 76 - 77. IN BOND1 THOHAS CASEY A. HUXT. C. C IIEIN JEROME II ILL & GO W. II. EADER. 1 win ACTO