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THE AlEIVIIilS D.1-L,Y APPEAL WEDNESDAY, PKCHJMBKR 4, 1878.
MEMPHIS APPEAL
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IIEIII'IIIS APPEAL
TYEDSESDA. DECEMBER 4, 1878.
OFF UK I VR TAX ATIOtf-TIlK
BKni.i.
From one end of the Union to the othor
the cry is, our faxe caa and must be light
ened; the exwtics "hackles on industry and
impediments to prosperity can and must bo
removed. Everywhere there seems ta be a
determination to remove the incubus which
U paraljiina the energies of a tax-iidJen
people. Strange to say, that Boston is first
and foremost in the demand for retrench
ment and reform. The vW.o country has
been imptesed with tho belief that the happy
denixens of the "hub" gjveraed their city by
that cool calculating economy so commenda
ble to a thrifty people, but it seems Boston is
gOYerned more extravagantly than any city
in the Union. This fact has aroused the
people and they are clamorous for reform.
The statistics which the reformers have col
lected, to the surprise of the Boston people,
demonstrate that they pay a higher ptico for
their public schools, street lamps, repairing
streets, sewerage, and fire department, than
other cities pay. The Lowl in Boston against
high taxes, occasioned by extravagant ex
penses, has produced a gereral discussion. In
the last number of the Atlantic Monthly,
Mr. Brooks Adams has an able and exhaust
ive urticle in which he feet forth the evils of
' Oppressive .Taxation," - as illustrated by
the system pursued in Boston. He starts
out with the proposition that too much must
not be expected at first, nor must too much
be asked. But there are signs which indicate
that public opinion is ripe for the correction
of some of the grosser of the abuses which
now exist. Under three heads the taxation
of mortgages, the taxation of stock of Jfoteign
companies and the arbitrary method of asset s
ing real estate Mr. Adams places thete
grosser evils of which he says the public ai e
getting indignant about. While the facta
presented by Mr. Adams are of special value
to the people of Massachusetts, they have, at
the same time, a wider significance. Mr.
Adams, after saying that the first grievance
to be redressed is the taxation of mortgages,
of which railway and other corporate bonds
form a part, adds that the arbitrary manner
of assessing real estate is such that the citizen
is fairly at the mercy of the assessor that
against unjust valuation!) the former has
practically no redress, lie sees no reason
why such a citizen should be denied a trial
by jury. lie should bo placed cn the same
footing as a man with a grievance.
Mr. Adams recognizes the fact
that a release of the taxation
of mortgages would brini; about a large de
ficit in the State revenues. To meet this he
proposes three ways: First, tho rates may
be raised on tho property, which remains
subject to assessment ; second, new taxes
may be devised, and third, the government
may retrench. He thinks the truo method
is retrenchment, and then he gives a few
examples of how public money is wasted.
One wsy to retrench is to have biennial ses
sions of the legislature. Another would be
to have a State militia that would
cost thirty-six dollars and fifty cents
per man per annum. He says New York
has the best militia in the world at a
coat of twelve dollars and eighty-four eeuU
per man. In this way Mr. Adams goes
through the list of State and municipal
affairs, and adduces many interesting facts
facts which may serve elsewhere quite as
well as in Boston. He makes comparisons
which show the widest difference between
the public expenses and those for like duties
and services in private business. He makes
a strong case in favor of retrenchment, as
against the levy of additional taxes to meet
the deficit caused by the abolition of the
taxation of mortgages, and the unjust assess
ment of taxable property. What is right
and expedient there may be right and ex
pedient hero and elsewhere. When the
people of Boston, celebrated for their
readiness to tax themselves for everything
calculated to promote the public good, pro
pose reform, it is about time for all tac
tions of the country to consider the matter of
economy. Heretofore the people ot Boston
have been fanatical upon the subject of th?ir
public schools. But now they insist that
much money can bo saved without injury to
the children. Many of the best friends of
the schools censnre the extravagant outlays
in buildings, holding that the influence of
needlessly palatial buildings is bad on the
pupils. They assert that they may be a judi
cious reduction in salaries, and they favor a
great curtailment of the custom of giving
text books to the children.
A POLITICAL AXOMAL.V.
Caleb dishing has ret.red to the shades of
private life; promises never again to become
an aspirant for oftice, because, he says, he is
too old. This is certainly a curiosity in poli
tics. Generally when a man tastes the sweeta
of power, or plays a part upon tho political
arena, office becomes a mania with Liui.
John Qulncy Adams, after retiring from the
Presidency, yearned for the excitement of
political life, and was not satisfied until he
was elected to congress, where he often for
got his dignity in disreputable brawl?, and
where he was a sturdy bufi'eter of the waves
when the wild sea of political excitement ran
highest. He died in his seat, and had he
b3en defeated and forced to retire to that se
clusion so becoming a man of bis age and the
exalted position he Lad occupied, his hearc
would have been broken. Thad Steven,
notwithstanding his advanced age, his de
crepitude and ill-health, could not be in
duced to retire. He could not understand
that he had outlived his usefulness. He had
to be carried to his seat on a cot, and while
his eyes were covered with the film of death
he loved to linger upon the theater non
which he won his fame and to whisper his
hatred for the south. Alexander U. Stephens,
of Georgia, seems to be actuated by the sa:ne
infatuation for political life. When his pa; ty
talks about holding a convention he cii- s
for hit seat as the child cries for ;fj
candy. Andrew Johnson delighted in luc
stormy excitement of political life. In re
tirement he was as restless as the caged li u,
nd like John Qaincy Adams became a mi fil
ter of congress after serving as President,
and would again have filled the office of al
derman rather than have lived in retirement.
Politicians seem to act upon the belief that
there is no end to their long and active life
Increased years and infirmities only increases
their desires for a more active participation
n public affairs, and they lag supcifiuous
pon the stage. Enforced retirement is the
Only thing that gives to ago any terrors. Ia
retirement they chafu over inaction, and pro
fess contempt for the wwV of those who
have reolacad thcia in the national councils.
They art1 s red by what seetus neglect of
their s-:v: , and abilities, and if they do rot
say wl-.i .ui is dying with them, and that the
scepter of power has d. pitted from among
20od men, they no doubt think so. There is
no sadder spectacle than to see an eld poli
ticians enforced retirement. But Caleb Cuih
iog is one of the few veteran politicians who
Vruw old gracefully." Eighty years of
su-o, he very widely concludes that he has
performed his mission as an officeholder, al
though, his health is good, his intellect un
clouded, and his gray hair command an in
fluence; unknown to younger men. He pro-pcs-s
to retire and to pa- in- time, not in
4U?rulous complaint, and to ch&V at that in
action so becoming the old, but to contem
plate in serenity the past and the Jolly which
induces men trembling upon the verge of the
trrave to seek i lace and power.
JI NITEIBI TKHTO JT. M. KEATING.
Tue people of Memphis read with disgust
the recent effort to disparage the usefulness
and efficiency of Mr. Keating during the
late epidemic. As an offset, we publish the
fallowing from newspapers whose good
opinion is as much to be desired as that of
others is to be deprecated. The Baltimore
Sun, one of the oldest, ablest and most in
flueutial papers in the United States, says:
We hare already spoken of the supper which lead
trtc citizens In Washington are lo give to-nltibt to
Colon I J. M. Keating, one of the editors of the
Mrmphls Ahkal. l i show their sense of bis labors
liurliuc the late pestilence, and their central appro
ciatli n of hi 4 n.t-rUs as a Journalist, and bis
pjcullnr devollor. to the duties of bis profusion.
Uurli-ir Colo:iel KeattiiK's absence on bis present
b'.'iliu-tlt. bis psitner and associate has taken ibe
opiortunltv to s iy something about how re worked
a nt what be endured lu these strt and heavy time?,
Had tt-e mile t.istorr Is a record of really heroic en-d-avor.
Only through Colonel Kcating's extraordi
nary txeruoiM, almost unaided at times, says bis
firmer, was the rrmL puMlshed during the epl
d nilc Be was always eyual to every- emergency.
Mwt the irriAL sftjs: "When the number of
c-impoilloM was reduced to only two, he
fll back upon himself, marched Into
i lie composing-room, put In type bis own editorials,
and prepared the forms ot tie paper for tue prest.
l uttorhls unconquerable will utid energy the ap
peal would htve been susprtKied. The prudence
and ability with which Colonel Keating conducted
the paper, under such appalling circumstances, has
re elvrd the universal commendation of the pub
II.'." Colonel aentlng has been trained to Journal
ism from bis earliest boyhood, and bas a practice!
knowledge of every department of the rewspiper,
b'treiher with acknowledged aptitude and taste for
llioie which he has tilled so acceptably. It Is by
men of this sort, who respec their ait and are will
ing to sacrifice tbemselvrs to It, but never to degrade
It or see it degraded, that the honor and dignity of
Journalism are maintained. EapLlly the country
has man of them, but no.iewho adorn the at more
than J. M. Keating. He hi earned i.ls holiday, and
we trust that he will enjoy It and profit by It. No
man can go through such a stress and strain of
work and anxTety as he mutt have had to endure
since A'-gust without a waste of enrrgles and vital
force that 1eniand much rest and recreation to re
gain them.
The Gibeon County Mirror, published fit
Trenton, in this State, says:
The following complluif nt by Colonel Gallaway to
the iiuttrlng eiieivv of Ms coadjutor will be r?ad
with Interest. It will be heartily Indorsed by all who
remtimd In the stricken city, and even the outside
worn will recognize It as a Ju-t encomium of the
abilities of Colonel Keating and his devotion to
duty. The "polished aits which humanize mankind"
are exemplified In the ornate style ot Colonel Keiit
Inir's writing, and well is it said of him that, as an
editor, "be nus no superior In the souih."
We thiuk our cotemporanes for their trib
utes to our absent associate. During the
epidemic Mr. Keating labored to make the
Appeal the vitalizing agent for helping the
afflicted. He kept our necessities constantly
before the world, and from day to day sug
gested plans for burying the dead and taking
care of the sick. He was ttn active member
of the Citizens' relief committee, promi
nent in its councils. During the epidemic
seventy-three persons dependent upon the
Appeal were stricken down with the fever,
and thirty-four attaches died. Mr. Keating
never failed t y see that the sick were taken
care of, and that the dead were decently
buried. Every day he pleaded for help, ad
vertised our wants, served on committees,
advised in public meetings, paid proper trib
ute to the martyrs as they fell, and he
nnd hi? fiiends can well afford to scorn
the sneers of those who snuffed danger from
afar. The papers of the city have justly
commended the heroism of their associates
who kept their pacers alive during the epi
demic, and Mr. Keating having breasted the
same storm is entitled to the same praise.
fcOl'TIl CAROLINA LEmsLATritK.
The legislature of South Carolina convened
at Columbia on Monday lasr, p ad the mes
sage of Governor Simpson u full of interest
and valuable suggestions. .Whiie the Presi
dent cf the United States, in his message,
whines about the intimidation in South Caro
lina, Governor Simpson shows that the pub
lic schools are in a m03t gratifying condition,
that one hundred and sixteen thousand two
hundred and thirty-nine children attended
the schools last year, an increase of nearly
fourteen thousand over the preceding year.
Tnis is incontestible evidence of the efficiency
of Democratic rule. The message urges the
utilization of convict labor, and shows that
there is plenty of use for the services of the
criminals who are eating their heads off in
the penitentiary. Governor Simpson reminds
the legislature that " we have rivers that
need deepening, canals that ought to be dug,
mines lo m explored, railroads to be built.
The average criminal dreads work more than
confinement, and the knowledge that any
nble-boJied convict will be made to
earn his living will act ts a deterrent
upon the ciiminal classes." A general slock
law is recommended by the South Carolina
governor. -He shows that the law passed at
a previous session allows the counties, by
a vote of the people, to adopt the no-fence-law,
under which the land lies open and cat
tle are fenced-in. It is a matter of fencing
in the cultivated land or fencing-in sioct,
and therd ij no doubt that, by fencing-in
stock, the breed and ualjiy of the stock are
improved, and the expenses of favsain are
lessened. With free labor it is next to im
possible to keep the fences in repair, and,
other considerations apart, tje long leagues
of fence consume more timber than eiii I; 2
spared. There is one recommendation in
Governor Simpson's message that will raise
a howl umos the stalwart Republicans. He
tnkes the position that there is an imperative
necessity for providing for the registration of
all voters, and that repenting and other
fraudulent voting can only be prevented by
u stringent registration.
Mississippi.
Several of the leading sscspapora in Mis
sissippi are earnestly urging Governor Satone
to coavene the legislature in extraordinary
session for the purpose of extending the time
for the payment of taxes. The Yazoo Her
ald says :
The governor should call an extra session of the
legislature ut once; he will not risk any of his popu
larity by this action, for, if we read the slgus of the
times rightly, public sentiment Is in favor cf an ex
tra session and an extension of the time for paying
the titles. The terrible ravages of the epidemic,
and the failure of the planter lo get his crop to mar
ket at the uual time, owing to quarantine, have
combined to throw the business of tue ooun
tr nl least three months behind an ordi
nary season; and fairness would prompt that
the views beretu act forth Miould be adopted.
Let tbe time tor the collection of the taxes of the
lear 1S7K be extended to the length, cf l.'ciethat the
business of the country was brought to a stand-still uj
tho pestilence which "walketh at night and wasteth at
noonday.-' Let ! his be done without a cent of ad
ditional cosr. ha people are sorely pressed finan
cially their tlelds have faljed to yield their usual
Increase; toe soil which hardly erer falls to laugh
out a harvest :ien tickled with the hc, fall Into
one of Its sullt ii. unhappy moods tLIs year and r
f ul to give liTtn, only In a parsimonious manner,
the things goud fur man aud bsast, locked up In lis
teeming bosiiu; and far these reasons we favor the
adoption of some plan whereby the taxpayers of
the biate msy be relieved -since. If ihls ta not done,
grpat hardship nil) ensue.
Exchange papers reaching us from all
quarters have something to say of Thanks
giving day. This year that institution has
not been a "success." There is something
almost pathetic ui ihse two lines from the
commercial department of tue JSTew York
Tribune: "But few Thanksgiving weeks in
past years have been dullsr than the last."
War abroad, pestilenco ai Jjome, and "hard
times" everywhere take the smile frn the
lips of joy, and the voice of Thanksgiving
trembles with emotions of sorrow. They
who are left desolate of their Jenr one?, and
they who shiver because "bad trado" has
brought poverty, hunger and cold to the
portal of winter lha day of thanksgiving
are brought low. The past is trouble, the
future dark with anticipations of other evils
yet to be endured, "Oh, Lord, how long?"
As ubcal the. occurrence of Thanksgiving
is bringing out many questions as to what
are l?gal holidays and what authority legal
izes thexn. The New York Journal briefly
sets one class of questions at rest by saying;
''There is no national holiday established as
such by act of congress. Several efforts to
this end have been- xaade, but the proposal
ha3 never been adopted."
CUMMEMOKATIOX SERMON.
Full Text or the Sermon on "Onr Dead"
Delivered by DeT. Dr. Womacfc, at
the First Baptist Church, on
Sunday Last.
The Sunibcr nnd Names of the Dead
Members of the Church Touching
bat Graceful Tribute Paid to
Their Memory by the Elo
quent Pastor.
At the memorial services held at the First
BaDtist church, cn Sundav last. llev. li. .
Womack, pastor of the church, delivered the
following eloquent and apprc j riate discourse
belore bis congregation :
MR. WOMACK'S SERMON.
These all died In faHh, not having received the
promises, but having seen them a ar IT, and were
persuaded of them und ernbiaced t ien, and con
fessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the
earth Hob. xl, lo.
It is our duty to-day to commemorate our
dead. This task is both pleasant and sad.
We weep and are sad because we have sus
tained in their death a he ivy and almo-t an
irreparable losn. It is always a calamity for
a good citizen to die, and more to if he be a
genuine christian and an active member of
the church. It wilt require years of labor
and toil, of sowing and reaping, of burden
bearing and prayer, if it ever can be done,
to fill the places that were made vacant by
the recent dire visitation of disease and
death. It is we who live that have sustained
the loss. Hence our grief. We weep and
are sad out of pure sympathy with the sor
rowing members of the families that have
been brought into the low, dark vale cf sad
ness and tears. No one knows, or can know,
the keenness of the pang of losing by death
a faithful husband, a loving wife, an affec
tionate child or fond parents, till they have
felt it themselves. But there are. ptrhaps,
cone of us who have not felt that bitter
pang at some time in our life. Hence we
are all prepared to sympathize in some
measure with those who are bereaved. Our
personal knowledge of the dead, of the ties
that bound them to their loved ones, and
knowing bow necessary the dead were to the
happiness of the living, to say nothing of how
much they were needed to vrotect and care
for those dependent upon them, enable us to
mourn with tbem in their sad and lonely des
olation, and in some measure appreciate their
double distress. And yet this duty is not
without some pleasant feature. It is pleas
ant to call to mind that we numbered among
us persons of such exemplary usefulness, of
such true merit, of such exalted piety, alike
honoralle to religion anl country. It is
pleasant to recount their virtues, repeat their
praises and honor their memory. It is pleas
ant to admire the beautiful, noble and inspir
ing picture of their lives which they left be
hind. We thank God ' for those pictures.
They hang in sacred loveliness on the walla
of memory's gallery, and their brightness and
beauty shall never fado away: It is pleasant
to set before us their godly examples that we
may be encouraged to emulate their virtues
and aspire to their reward. During the time
of the recent epidemic we have lost twenty
four of our members, besides n large number
of persons connected with their familes who
were not members of this church. We take
this opportunity thus publicly to condole with
the survivors of our church and congregation
who have been bereaved by the los3 of any
member or members of their families, and to
pray the Almighty, who gave and who hath
taken away, who feedeth the young ravens
when they cry, and tempers the winds to the
shorn iamb, to comfort those who weep and
dry away every tear; to bestow upon them
the graces of the Holy Spirit and grant
them the consolation of the religion of
Jesus Christ. I must mention the names
of our dead, but can do little more than this.
In sotie instances I can do no more than men
tion the mere fact they are dead. At the
head of the list, as having fallen first, stands
the name of Dr. 'J, C. Rogers, He was a
native of North Carolina, but had been an
honored and useful citizen of this State and
this city for a number of years. He was
self-made; a man of intellect, good culture,
unusual refinement and a skillful physician.
He was a christian and a gentleman, than
which a higher encomium cannot be paid to
man. PerfecJy quiet, most unassuming and
remarkably regular in his habits, he secured
an easy competency, and his life was like the
peaceful flow of a placid stream as it moves
on without a ripple, to its eternal bed in the
great deep. Farewell, thou man of God,
whom we all loved, llest in peace till the
resurrection morn, and awake to receive thy
crown. Next I mention the name of that
earnest, devout, sensible christian man, our
treasurer, J. E. Russell, his eon Willie Rus
sell and Miss Sarah Nelson, who was living
with the family of Brother Russell. Brother
ltusiell was c waiinar fur many of his earlier
years; but finally, through the iciruenceof
his pious and devoted wife, with the blessing
of God, he was converted and joinpd this
church, of which he was a ueful member the
remainder of his lite. Brother Russell
thought it his duty to remain in the city dur
ing the ravages qf the yellow-leyer and serve
his fellow-citizens in soue useful way. Ha
passed through the siege of '73 unscathed,
and thought he would be so fortunate again,
else, no doubt, he had felt it his duty to save
himself and family by removing trom the dis
tricts over which hovered the angel of death.
But he fell early in the conflict; tell bravely,
without a murmur, fully conscious of his
fate. The son soon followed; stricken
whilo waiting at his father's bed
side; and ttfGa Miss Nelson.
Thus they passed from earth to heaven ;
from bearing the cross to wearing the' crown;
into eternal life. An invalid wife and two
little girls remain to rnourn their irreparable
loss. Qod be a husband to the widow
and a fattier to the fatherless! I how men
tion Mr. Thomas Clapham and his wife. By
request, a special memorial service was held
last Sunday in honor of them. 1, therefore,
will add no word now. I am pained to read
the name of Mrs. Willie Fowler. She was a
beautitl, sweet, intelligent and pious young
wife, living in irort dickering. It seemed to
me no one could know this yOuDj rather
and not feel an interest in her, and not love
her. She will be remembered by many of
you as "the sweei little Willie Townsecd who
used to attend this bunuayohcol. Her
brother, who is no more than eighteen or
twenty yeari old, was ordained not long ago
as a tioacon the Chelsea Baptist church. I
preached the ordination seriuicn, iiy subject
was the " Deaconship." She was present.
At the close of the service she c ime to me
with tears in her eyep, and said: "If I had
JiCard that sermon before, I could never have
.consented for brother to be ordained a dea
con! She vept. believing her bvot&ei- was
too young to assume such grave responsibili
ties. Farevrell, sweet Willie! we firmly be
lieve thou art wearing a erown, and forever
free from tears. All remember A. J. Owens,
a young man who connected himself with
this church last spring. He acted as usher
for Bome greeks before the outbreak of fever.
It took him some time to give iia vOnSstt to
join the church, but he was no sooner a mem
ber than he was all interest and enthusiasm
in the cause of religion and piety. His
euh life had been full of vicissitudes;
be had passed tnrougu u.ny or
deals that were real tests of bis char
acter. But every trial only added fresh
luster to his virtues. A. J. Owens, hud he
lived, was bound to ;upreed and make an en
i iable mark in the world. Why ' Only be
cause he was devoted and determined to give
all his enerifg to the highest and noblest
cause that ever engaged the iuiui zzd hep.rt
of man. He was making rapid and amazing
improvement, and in the short time of his
connection with this church he erected a
monument to his memo.y that I fondly hope
will stand for years to come. The Pbilokal-
lean society, composed of -young persons of
both sexes ot this churcu and congregation,
was originally conceived of and founded by
A.J.Owens. Muy it long stand ; and may
it become a power tor intellectual and social
improvement and general goodl George
Ueamish was born at rJrownsville, Uiermont
county, Ohio, cn the eleventh day of April,
1859. and was not quite twenty yearn of age
at the time of his death. He was baptizad
as a member of this church about the first of
June. He wa a printer by trade, and was
i :u l. a , . . r i' : i i
uuiiiice-Lcu wilu iuc ri tii ul tuia euijr. lie
was honest, earnest and pious; he was indus
trious, regular and devoted; he was aspiring,
intelligent and pure. He advised all his
friends to abandon the city, while he resolved
to stay. He did stay, bnt onlv to rob the
community and those he loved of a talented
and nseful young man and a valued and dear
friend to find a resting place in an untimely
grave, poor, ex George! How 1 loved
him; and how deep and hveiy was my inter
est in him! But he cannot be recalled to
live that life and wield that influence for
which he seemed destined. He is at rest. A
bright "crown is hu foreyermore. Peace to
his ashes! Mr. S. U. Reynolds and his wife,
Mrs. Mary H. Reynolds, were bred and born
in Virginia, that nursery of good-breeding.
elegaiit culture and noble men. They had
.been citizens of Memphis and members of
this church a number of years. Mrs. Rey
nolds had been in ill health for a
considerable length of time. Hence it was
impossible for her to b? with us pt'ten in our
services. Still she was widely known and
universally loved. She deserved to be loved,
for the was a jewel. She was a christian in
tbp truest and highest sense of (hat word.
She was a perfect Jady, of the best culture,
of good sense and exquisite refinement, bbe
loved her church, her pastor and. all God's
people. They left no children to mourn ttei
Joss. They had met with many reverses, bat
llu-v are forever out of tho reach of all re- I
verses of fortune, nil disappointment and all
tear. Mrs. M. IS. L'yes, the mother-m-law ot
our brother, Mr. J. S. Mahaffy, with a little
granddaughter, child ot Mr. Wabatly, tell
victims to the fell disease. Mrs. Dyes joined
this church by letter, not long ago. My ac
quaintance with her was quite limited, but
toe few times I saw her impressed me that
she was a quiet, earnest christian woman, of
good judgment and sound understanding, i
regret that it was not my privilege to have
known more of her. This church and com
munity are sincere in extending their sympa
thy and condolence to Mrs. Mahaffy in the
loss of her dear mother and precious babe.
The Lord comfort those who mourn. Mr. II.
Witherington, the poor, unfortunate mar,
whom many of you will remember, passed
away to a better world during the dark night
that overspread our fair city. He was an
pastern man. having been born and reared in
New York State. He was poor and without
relatives. to care for him. He was elHxted
with mental aberrations, or wa a monoma
niac on the subject of religion. He was firm y
persuaded that he was inspired by th9 Holy
Spirit, and would obey what he thought the
teachings of that Spirit though it coat him
his life. Many times have we thousht
of him and sighed: "Poor old man!" But
we need never say such again. He
has exchanged his tatters and rags
for robes of white and his battered bat for a
fadeless crown. It gives me pain to chroai
cle in this cnneition the name of J. H. Wat -gener,
sr. Dear men he was to me. He w:
living some distance down on Shelby street,
and in common with many others, was per
suaded that the yellow-fever would not visit
his community. Too soon, however, a young
man was taken sick not far from him, for
whom a nurse could not be secured. John
nie Wsggcner, his son, true to" that which is
noblest in human nature, was thinking of
visiting and canng for the young man. for he
was suffering and dying alone. But Brother
Waggrner, the father, interposed, ai.d with
true magnanimity said: "Th9 young man
must be cared for, to be sure; but my son
must rot go, I will go; if either of us must
sicken and die, I rather it would be myself.
It is better for me to die than for you." So
he went and nursed the young man at the
tremendous expense of his life. His son
Willie soon followed. Alas! alas! Noble
soul! How I miss that comely form, that
ganial face of that good man leading his wife
down that aisle, as he promptly and regu
larly did, occupying that seat. Brother
Wuggener was friendly, social. I think he
never left the church without coming forward
as f ir as the front pew, and often to the pul
pit, alwajs bringing his devoted wife with
him, just to give me his hand and tell me
how he enjoyed the sermon, just to encour
age me and make me feel 1 had his sym
pathy and prayers. If I was engaged speak
ing to others, as I often was, they would pa
tientlv wait till they had an opportunity to
greet me with a smile and a warm grasp of
the band, tie would see 1 was in a nuny,
and would say, " We have no business with
which to detain you, but we wanted to give
vou our hand and assure you of our sympathy
and prayers." Such cheer and encouragement
tbat was to me every fcunday morning, none
know but those who bear the pastor's burden.
Ft was so delightful. Tears would instantly
flood my eyes, and gratitude swell my very
soul. 1 would thank him in a word and
Qiiittlv turn awav. saving in my soul: "God
bless that man and his wire; they make me so
happy." Oh, my brother, how I miss thee;
how I loved thy encouragement: rare well:
we are compelled to aay farewell, dear
brother. He made two fortunes, anil lost
them both on earth; but in heaven he has an
inheritance that is incorruptible, undefiled
and that fades not away, ihere. thank Uod.
he wears an immortal crown. Thou borest
thy cross, wear thy crown. Mr. George Grant
and his wife. Mrs. Margaret Grint. with six
of their children and grandchildren, making
eight in all, fell, Mrs. Irby, a sweet and
beautiful young wile, ana jvirs. Unsworn,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Grant, were mem
bers of the church. What a harvest was this
from one family, gathered by the messenger
of death. Mr. Grant met yellow-fever like a
philosopher, like a christian. He was old.
quite active, and was always in good spirits.
His aon begged him to retire from the city
during f he epidemic, but he declined, saying
that he would never be better prepared for
death, and if he were to die, he would not
lose many years; at the most, his time could
not be tar off; that he knew he must go soon.
Our brother Irby and his wife lived in the
same house with her parents, and the whole
family of four were usually seen here in their
pew feunday morning. ihe tather . and
mother had lived to a good old age, having
reared a large Umily, and at last were gatn
ered together in perfect peace to their
fathers, have entered into the joys (f
their Lord; nnd sat down on His throne.
The Lord blees the living, the eurviving
husband, Brother Irby, with the sweet conso
lations of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Sacred be the memory of their dead. Dr. J.
L. Ver3er, many years a deacon in this
church, has gone to his long hoiua. lie was
not m ihe city, nor did he die with yellow
fever. He was at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and
died with heart disease. He was universally
respected and esteemed by his brethren as a
g.iod man, of sterling worth and cf deep
piety toward Qocl., His christiin oharcter
was simply unimpeachable. He died the
death of the righteous. We mourn our loss.
Mrs. Mary M'Ciure, a lone widow, with her
single unmarried sister, Miss Lizzie Lyons,
who was an efficient teacher in the public
schools, were preparing to leave their home,
on Madison street, when they were seized
with fever. Theybo'a died together, with a
little boy they were rearing. Thus the whole
family were swept away. Miss Lyons was
not a member of the church, but had long
been intimately connected with the Sabbath
echoal nnd the young ladies' society, "The
Helping Hand," and was as dear to us as if
she bad been a member of the church, I'eace
be to their ashes. " W. C. Drury, not long
before the fever was declared epidemic, sud
denly lost his wife. He could not get his
consent ta give her up, but she covjld not be
recalled. " fie frequently expressed himself as
longing to go. It was not long till he did
go. Brother Drury is at rest. He died at
M'Kenzie with yellow-fever. All of us re
member his beautiful da;;a-hter, Miss Mattie
Drury. She was beautiful; she was smart;
she ivdS noble; she was true; she was pure.
iLt is not nil, she had a fine mind. Hut a
sweet flower, just opening into full lite and
glory, sue fell a victim and faded away to
bloom in eternal beauty and youth in the
paradise of God. I say this because I had
good reasons to believe she was truly con
verted and prepared to die. No death I have
yet mentioned grieved ma more inan this. I
did want to see her take her place in life as a
useful, intelligent woman, of far more than
usuui puvei and force of character, Pu'sha
is gone. Miss Annie Stalcup had' just be
come a member of this church. ShtS had a
bright mind; was quik, active, ec,er;jetia
and l'esoluta in her determination to live a
pure christian life. She really promised
much, and I was anxious to see her go forth
a strong christian woman. God took her for
a reason only known to Him. I wish that it
were vvBoible to dwell in tLess remarU logg
er. And now, my brethren, would that I did
not have another name to mention. Oh that
I had been spared this task j It is my duty;
I must put down in this list the name of W.
C. Coate. Ah, my brother, alas! not for
thee, but alas! alas! for us, for me! He was
my friend; my soul loved him well. No
puer, happier, iorp auecwOuate and de?oed
pair never lived in wedlock's holy union than
were Brother Coate and his wife. He was
determined to preserve her life. She left the
city for Bristol a month before the epidemic;
and the very memect ho fpnd fever wts
here in epideuiio form, he left. Ha did not
intend to return until it was perfectly safe.
Accordingly he did not return until some
time after the board of health had declared
it safe. lie diad believic.cr, as i,ls via now
believes, that some person sick with the fever
had used their house and bedding during
their abeuee. Indeed, a party conferee, to
it after brother uoate had Buttered and aied.
Just nine days after his first night in his own
house he was takn sick. Brother Coate did
not want to die. He loved his darling Mittie
too wen, lis wa not arraia to aie. iNO,
he went away peacefully and calm
ly as the light of day, and
was perfectly conscious, talking with his
wife to the last moment. The cars cf her
was upon iii mind all the time. He feared
she would not be tuken care of. He was one ot
of tie best husbands in the world. He has ofttn
said to me, "When I leave my office I leave
my business there, and never revive it till I,
return net morning, i go tome 'ta enjoy
myself. It matters not what my trouble is
in business, it never cornea into my house."
So he did. He waa my friend; nay, he was
my brother, in the truest sense of that word.
I was not aware of his sickness 7 some
days. Abo-it itz Srsi I "neard of it "was in a
word from him saying he would not have me
there nor my wifo, far a million of dollars.
Ho toid his wife what to do. She was look
ing into his face until his eyes were set. She
said to him, "Do you know me, Willie V"
"Ay, yes, my darling; I can never forget
you. You will como to me before long."
He and his wife were always fond of my
wife. A short time before l.e breathed his
last, he said: "Tell Brother Womack, and
our sweetness (that wts the name tbey used
in speaking of my wife.) Tell Brother
Womack and our sweetness good-bye. Telt
Brother Kitran good-bye, and mother."
Aias! good bye; good-bye, my own dear
brother, Jt is well with thee; it is sad wilh
us. These all died in faith, and God hath
prepared fcr them a city.
The CkrUtian at Workta "Cfariatdied
on Friday, April 3, A.D 33, on which day
there was an eclipse of the moon, if the cal.
culations of Prof. Lutterback are to be re
lied noon, as it would seem they are. The
matter has before this attracted attention. A
year or so ago Prof. Brahus, of Laipsio. an
nounced definitely that there was such an
eclipse. The well known German astrono
mer, Prof. Lutterback, took the matter in
hand, and in a published letter to Prof. Bra
hus, written early last summer, says: '1 take
the liberty of communicating to you that I
had it exactly calculated after Laland'e and
Burchard s tabulated statements or the varia
tions of the orbit of the moon. The eclipse
began at one o'clock and sixteen minuter,
Pans time, or three o clock, htty-3even m n-
utes and six seconds, Jerusalem time. Era
of the eclipse, fix o'clock, twenty-nine min
utes and three seconds, Paris time, or eight
o'clock, forty-one minutes and three seconds,
Jerusalem time; the shadow covering .59 of
the moon. As the moon rose at six o clocK
and six minutes ill Jerusalem, she lose si
ready ecliosed over the horizon. Finally, let
me add that the third of April, of the J ear
33, was a Friday.' "
Droll Blunders.
An amusing bxk has been recently pub
lished, entitled A Book cf Blunder. It is a
republication ot a series of papers and letters
sent to the Glasgow Herald, and well repays
perusal. We give a few extracts from it.
As specimens of typographical errors, there
are among others the following: By the in
sertion of one letter in place of another, a
newspaper, not long since, reporting the dan
ger that an express-train had run, in conse
quence ot a cow getting upon the line, said:
"As lh9 safest way, the eigmeer put on full
steam, dashed up against the cow, and liter
ally cut it into calves!" A Scotch newspa
per, reporting the speeches at a Scott cen
tenary meetii.p, made one cf the orators ex
chvm with more truth than accuracy:
" O Caledonia, stern and wild,
ll el-nurse for a poetic child."
Never, perhaps, was the word "austere"
more misconstrued than in the instance of a
clergyman in Lancashire, who got a whole
some warning in regard to pulpit articula
tion, by discovering in one house which he
visited the day after preaching from Luke
xix. 21, that the servant had gone home with
the impression that his text had been, "I
feared tbee, because thon art an oyster
man!" A Hampshire incumbent recently re
ported in the Pull Mall Gazette some of the
blunders he had "heard made in the marriage
service, by that class of persons who have to
pick up the words as best they can, from
hearing them repeated by others. Ue said
that in his own parish it was quite the
fauhion for the man, when giving the ring,
to say to the woman: "With my body I
thee wash up, and with all my hurdle goods
I thee and thou." He said the women were
generally better up in this part of the ser
vice than the men. One day, however, a
bride startled him by promising, in what Bhe
supposed to be the language of the prayer
book, to take her husband: "To "ave and to
'old from this day fortni't fo betterer horse,
for richerer power, in siggerness hi uAth.to love
cherrieB, and to bay." What meaning this
extraordinary vow conveyed to her own
mind, the incumbent said it ba filed him to
conjecture.
The stories told of the blunders made by
Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates in
the scripture examination, are almost incred
ible. One of these, when asked who was the
nrst king ot Israel, was so fortunate as to
stumble upon the name of "Saul." He saw
that he had hit the mark, and wishing to
show the examiners how intimate his know:
edge of the scriptures wn, added confiden
tially: "Saul, also called Paul." Another was
asked to give the parable of the good Samar
itan. He did so with tolerable accuracy till
he came to the place where the banian tan
says to the inn-keeper: "When I come again
1 will repay thee. Here the unlucky ex
aminer added: "This he said, knowing that
he should see his iace no more!
A ludicrous story is told of a bailie, whose
studies in natural history seem to have been
rather limited. Ibe following case came be
fore him one day : "A man who kept a ferret,
having to go into the country, left the cage
with the ferret in charge of a neighbor till he
should return. Ihe neighbor incautiously
opened the cage door and the terret escaped.
The owner was ery angry, and bi ought a
claim against the neighbor tor damages
The following was the decision of the learned
bailie: 'Nae doot,' he said to the man who
had been left in charge, 'ye was wrung to
open the cage doorr but,' he added, turning
to the other, i e was wrang, too. J? or why
did ye no cup the brute s wings t
It is also told of a oertain Glasgow bailie
that, when visiting i'aris as one ot a deputa
tion from Glasgow to Louis Philippe, the
king said, when showing the party through
his library, where he had many ot the
English classics: "You will know Milton
very well?" "0 bless you, yee; bless you
yes," said the bailie cheerfully, delighted
that something had been mentioned that he
did know. " Yes, your majesty, I know
Alilton very well (Milton is a little place in
the neighborhood of Glasgow); "we're just
building. slaughter-house there.
An amusing style of blunder is the "bull,"
for which the Irish get most credit. It was
an Irish editor that exclaimed, when speak
ing of the wrongs of his country: "Her
cup of misery has been overflowing, and is
not yet full! it was an Irish newspaper
that said of Robespierre, that "he left no
children behind him, except a brother, who
who was killed ut tne same time. Irish,
also, was the comet who, when writing home
from India praising tho much abused
climate as isally one of the best under the
aun, added: "But a lot of young fellows
come out here, and they drink, and they eat,
and they eat and tbey drink, and they die;
and then I hey write home to their friends,
saying it was the climate that did it!"
Though not so numerous as those of the
Emerald Isle, Scotland is not without its
specimens of this kind of blunder. Two
operatives in one of the border towns were
heard disputing about a new cemetery, be
side the railing of which they were standing.
One of them, evidently disliking the conti
nental fashion in which it was being laid out,
said in disgust:
" I'd rather dee then ba buried in sic a
place." " Weel, it's the verra reverse wi"
me," said the other; "for I'll be buried
naewhere else, if I'm spared."
A story of Dean Rimsay's is Kiyen of a
half-cracked man in tb, parish kirk of "Auld
Ayr," who got his head in between the iron
rails in f ront of a seat, and startled th9 con
gregation by crying out; "n the middle of the
sermoni ,( Murder, murder! mv head '11 hae
fo be cu'ttit aft'. Holy minister! 0 my head
maun be cuttit afT. It's a judgment for leaving
my gody Mr. Peebles (his former minister)
at the Newton." When he had been extri
cated and quieted, and was asked why he
put his head there, he said : " It was juiat to
look on wi another tfomau."
Among the instances of blunders from
absence of mind are the following: . clergy
man walking one jhy ;n tue country, fell into
tnought. He was so accustomed to ride that,
wnen ne tound nimselt at a toll, he stopped
and shouted to the man; "Here!, what's to
payS"
"Pay for what ?1' asked the man,
"For my horse," 6aid the clergyman.
What horse r1 There's no horse, sir!"
"Bless me!" exclaimed the clergyman, look
ing down between his legs, "I thought I was
on horseback!"
Sydney Smith was not in general absent
minded; but ho Bsvq that oee, when calling
on friend in'"Lonuon, and being asked by
the servant: 'Who shall I say has called?"
he could not for the life of him recollect his
own name, and stared in blank confusion at
the man for some time, before it came b,ack
to him.
The first lord ijUielon W is very absent-rin-Ieo.
it is declared of him that when
he fell into the river by the upsetting
of a boat at Hagley, he eank; twice
before ho recollected tht he could
s,xnm. A New ork paper gives the
following otory in illustration of the absent
mindedness of the great Jonathan Edwards.
When out riding one day, a little boy very
respectfully bowed and opened a gate for
him. "Whose boy are you, my little man?"
he asked. "Noah Clark's boy, sir." waa the
answer. On the return of Edwards the same
boy appeared and opened the gate for him.
He thanked the little fellow, and again asked,
"Whose hoy are you:" "Noah Clark's, sir;
ihe same ruan's boy I was a quarter of an
hour ago, sir."
Some blunder arise from misapprehension.
A bishop of Oxford sent round to the church
wardens in his diocese a circular of inquiries,
including the question : "Does your officiat
ing clergyman preach the gospel, and is his
conversation and carriage consistent there
with.'' The churchwarden of Wallingford
replied: "He preaches the gospel,, but does
not keep a carriage."
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every Article In our Line.
Thanking onr Friends for past favors, we
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friends and ibe Public lor past favors, I respectiuHy
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tne patronage tereiorore so lioerany extended to
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A3
N ORDINANCE lo levy taxes for the year 187s.
Section 1. lie. it orddiitrt. tie.. That municipal
taxes lor toe tifty-urst corporate year or the Citj of
Memphis, to-wll, the year 1K7K. be and the same Is
nereoy nxea at tne louowlng rate and for the pur
poses following, to-wlt:
A tax of niiu ty cent on every one hundred dollars
worth of taxable pio,ier.y Is levied for the purpose of
defraying the general expenses or the clij govern
ment lor the year 1K7S.
Sec. 2. A tax ot thirty cr.tx on every one hundred
dollars of taxable property Is hereby levied on all
property within the city limits (except that part
known as the new limits, admitted Into the city In
1867) for the exclusive purpose of paying the lr,t-r-est
on what Is known as the "Memphis Citv Coin
promise Bonds;" aud a tax of xix ernt t n every one
hundred dollars of taxable property within what Is
known as the new limits of the city. Including Ihe
Ninth and Tenth wards (excepting certain old limits
therein), for the purpose of pai Ing the Interest on
said compromise bonds of the city ot Memphis.
Sec a. A tax of three eenix on evfry one hundred
dolluir of taxable prone ty Is hereby levied for Hie
Surpose of paying other judgments aga!nt tneclty of
lemphls than those upon bunds and coupons!
Sec. 4. A tax of. rice cent on every one hundred dol
lars of taxable prot-eity Is liercbt levle 1 forthe pur
pose of maintaining the public cchools of the cltv.
Sec. 6. A tax of tiixnty cents tui every one hundred
dohars of taxable proreily in what Is known as the
old limits of the city (which embraces all except that
p-irt admitted Into the city lu lxti7) Is hereby levied
as a sinking-fund tux, to retire and pay off the
bonded Indebtedness of tneeily; and a tax of fn-tr
cent on every one hundred dollars ot taxable prop
erty within what Is knou as the new limits of the
city (to-wlt, the territory admitted into
the c.t7 in 1K57) Is hereby lev.ed
as a sinking fund to retire nnrl m.
off the bonded indett due? of the city and to be de
voted exclusively to the retirement ol the new com
promise bonds of the city.
Bee. rt. iic U further vrtbtiiittl th J, ncral Couu
?lyjhi vs"4?f Me''M, That a taxis hereby
levied of one dttU.tr and hfty cent on every ono hun
dred dollars wor.h of taxable propeit) In the cltr of
Memphis (except upon that part knon as the new
limits, admttttd lmo the city lnlStl7, for the pur
pose of palng the creditors hereinafter named
Sec .. Be it further untamed. That a tax is here
by levied of thirty enu on every one hundred dol
lars worth of taxable property In the citv of Mem
phis, within what Is known as the new liinlis of the
citf. lnuludlng the Mnth and Tenth wards (exceiit
certain o d limits therein), for the purpoio ot oavli n
(he creditors hereinafter named. 6
ec x. Be tifttrtirortl.iiM3, That the names of
said creditors and the u&iounls of sal 1 Judgments
set opposite the uiuie are respectively as tolions
ISee ac.-cvii-nylng list J Thit levy aba'l be known
r9 ,1eJ,VnUry u""Jnus tax for 17, and Is made
In obedience to certain peremptory writs of man
damus commanding to- levy, an.l the said levy as
fast as collected will be applied to toe satisfaction
of the principal and interest due upon the said in
debtedness and the cc-sU at same, aud said tax as
rst as collected will b- paid over 'o said creulto'i
upon proper vouchers being taken therelor
,Sec. Be it further oraitinttl. That a tax of tt-o
a nt.i on every one hu dred dollars worth of txr
properly in the city of Memph s Is hereby IvvVed for
the purpose of paying J. K Frank the balance of a
Judgment in the circuit court for S4134 - i !, " or
dered by peremptory writ or mandan;us.
LIST OF MANDAMUSES.
The following Is Ihe list of nshna muses forwuleh
I HX Hit'?, levled by tbe ordinance:
K. J. M' Do well una on
J. C. Johnson 1 8 9n!-S!
d:b; Ijh
f:b;;:----;v;;;;;;:;;:
Peoples Insurance company i!k4(ui
w. M. F-trrlngton isi i n
Daniel Lake 4:'in
J..hn Waasell " ' " ? (JJ
A.M. Brownlee iWKi del
A. w. Newsom ji-. (,n
M.H. S-.blman . 240 O
G. S. Benson S4o!)(
Jamts Brooks 4 010 m,
""v1"'' 6.0U-.ri7
r. A Leddln . 5 17 v,
Thomas Boyle 4,;JH:,
Ma'J A- Morphy 4,f.tMiO
J. Woodruff 040 o .
1 1 racoon , 11, 4.50 (M
J. F. Jetr a-'s r,
H-if-JF' -w
2- n ,'.sd,um 2S i.K0(li
H. H. Wisdom T.lTwfiO
T. J. LalhAm lOStlMKj
Thoma- Fisher 2,70(Xi
H. K. Jackson ;(4i 45
J. C. Johnson I.iitv.i
R. J. M Dowell . iSlH 71
Win. Usher Jc Sons . '7,-,- jy
P.C.Bethel IUHUI7
John Wassell 00 so.
J. A. Loudon UH4 7H
Alfred Matthias I.vmi '()
Mary Levy 1.174 ?;
B. H. Wisdom 4,14?, w
W. T. Booker 17 jjoi
JVP.re?u; K.!44i;4
birah A. Kitchen 2 77(K)
A. M. Brownlee 2. 7X16
A. M. Brownlee. l.tll. 4i
Thomas Swan , 7--''t!il
Rlohaid Lathers 2.K(1 10
Wm. IXHioe i.Si4i
K. Gnrrett A ions H, .14 f.X
W. T. Walters r7:i i'
P. S March ,., s,,nnj TiS
Thomas twan , 1 .t'tiii in)
W. w. S pence 1 .V04 75
John Reld 4.14') ('.
Charles Parsons H,H4tin(l
Kdwln Parsons I.Inimn)
Charles Parsons, Jr. 1,4'. 1 Vi
B. H. Wisdom H.'M7 47
John Wassell ls7ti-5
John Aruott, Jr .w;-t2 lrt
James O. Eakln fi.UiiS '5
Whitehead brothers 5 .-,47 "15
M. P. O'Connor 1 f;s 4.1
H. H. DeLeon 1.7"'4 05
J. H. Kirk 2.iHM 70
F.Rogers 7,474 72
B. D.Baker 4,41 7 f.4
James A. Loudon 11.1K4 7W
Thomas Swan 4 iwi 70
J. S. Barrett ;1.1H(M0
A. M. Brownlee R.hho 4;
B iltlmore E. society 3,y 'H .r.2
Francis A. Cook ,u." ;ti
P. Zell A Sons 1,hm S7
R Garrett 4 Sons a,7vt; 00
And. Reld a..jtrO
The above ordinance passed, as amended, on
second and final reading by the General Council
November 2Wh.
., . w . JOEN B. FIIPPIN. Mswor.
Attest: W. A. M'Ci-ov, Acting City Register.
Fresi Rnis.
10OO pkesu Manufactured Tobacco,
all grades and styles.
500 pltcs. Smoking Tobacco.
800,000 Clears, all crades.
1500 eases canoed Frnlta nnd Vege
tables, ISO eases Sardines and Salmon.
400 boxes mild Factory Cheese.
SOO boxes Jellies and Preserves.
SOO boxes Fresh Crackers and Bis
cuits. With a full line ol Groceries and Liquors of every
description, at
Corner Front and ITninn.
SHAW,DAVIS8:C0.
REAL ESTAT2 BROKERS
And General Land Agents,
17 MADISOX BTBEET,
ARE here, ready to sell, lease, mortgage or pur
chase houses, lota and plantations, and trans
act a general agency business. Come to see us. CUT
Mr. J no. M. Shaw Is not dead, as reported.
Mr. Irbj IJojd has been AitinKted as a Partner In our business front Jioveniber 1st.
A. 31. IIOVD. ALSTON
A. M. BOYD & SON
llave Removed to 33G Front Street, corner Union Rooms (, 7 and
8, 31agnolia Block. Hare never
It. 13. CAKItKHV.
OARBERY & CASEY,
Importers and Wholesale Liquor Merchants,
Xo. 347 Front .Street, Hemplil. Tenn.
750 Brls. "Nelson Distillery" Fire-Copper
N
SPRING CF 1873 -
c
rail Ma
FREE AND
FU
LMER, BURTON & CO.
(SUCCESSORS TO SLEDGE, McKAY & CO.)
W ,1-1 OXj33SATi33
rocers, Cotton Factors
And Commission. IHercIiants,
Sifta. 3"yi nml 373 Main street, Jiempliis, Tenn.
J. II. M'DAVITT. B. M. STRATTON". J. K. DT N3COMB. 8. H. DUNSCOMB, JB.
8
STRATTON
UAVB SKOl'EXEO WITH A FRESH SUPriIT OF
FINE STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
SIWAB, COFFEE, FJLOUK, SIEATS, LARD, ETC.
Our Brao4of Flonr: The King, White Swan. Our Eagle. Onr Gold Dust, Sel'-Rls'ng Flour, Self
Hlslng Buckwheat. Chat m Baking Powders. Cheese and Crackers; also. Foreign and Domestic
Canned Goods, Syrups, Molasses, Cheese, Crackers, Raisins, fiuti. Fruits, Sic
TTo. 281 SSAIN STREiST, MEMPHIS, TEK1V.
JlSTOl'KXEU
IOOO Cloaks.
lieaatlfal Cloaks
: DOMIMi
At $4 50, worth S7 50.
Beautiful Cloaks,
ST), worth ?8 SO.
Elegant Cloaks,
S7 50, worth 812 50.
Magnlllcent Cloaks,
510, extraordinary b'rg'o
Rich Cloaks,
S12 50, worth S20.
CLOAKS,
CIRCULARS,
Wonderfully Cheap!
The handsomest Cloaks
S15, worth S2:
Children's Cloaks,
S3. S4, S5.
Splendid Circulars,
S7 50, worth S12 50.
Beautiful Circulars,
CIO and S12 50, worth
SI 5 and S20.
AT
KREMER,
mm
EXCiLISH
WALHI.VU (SriT
7 50.wort h doable.
25 Main St.
M. L. MEACHAM.
A. W. ROBERTS.
And Salt
X. -USIX NTIIKKT. :
J. C. NEELY.
S. II.
BROOKS, NEELY & CO.,
WHOLESALE
rocers, Ootton Factors
AND
COVlM.ISSIOSr
3G7 Front St.,
"Wholesale
1. 13. HILL,
OOTS. SHOES and HATS.
322 1-2 and 324 Main St., Memphis,
Have a full etock of NEW" GOODS, which they Invite their Friends and Custmers to examine,
Z. X. ICHTES, Late Ftes. Fixer AJCo
1"
(SUCCESSORS TO ESTE. VLEER & (jOa)
Wholesale Grocers, Cotton Factors
And Commission Merchants,
Nog. IIS and 13 Pnion Street, Memphis, Tenn.
J. Ii. GODWIN.
L. I. MLLL1XS, jr.
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants
335 Front street, corner U nlon, Memphis.
Particular attention given to the
A. M. BOYD t-ON.
IIOVI. 1KB BOVII.
Closed during the Epidemic.
Til OH AS t'ASEV.
FOR SATB
WH
7475 - 76 - - 77;
TN BOND
as
JCST OPEXKI).
SOO Dolmans.
Bpleadld Dolmans,
eio.
Farls Dolmans.
$15, worth S23.
Magnificent
Dolmans.
SI 8, worth S30.
French Cloaks.
Imported by Mrs. Kre
mer, at cost.
A consignment of
French Cloaks,
03 per cent less than
cost of importation.
lOO Cloaks,
a job,
at $7.50, worth $15.
French Wraps,
below cost
This Is the er rat
es t offering or Unr
eal ns la Ladles'
Cloaks. DImans,
Circulars Jk. Fr'iich
Wraps -which has
ever been, exhibit,
ed in this conn try.
mi
J. B. POSTON.
CO
, COTTON FACTORS,
Agents.
: : IHKlIFniS. TESBT.
BROOKS.
H. M. NEKLY.
MERCHANTS,
Memphis, 'Tenn.
tV. 11. SIlTCIIELIi.
Dealers in
JABE8 II. DO AN, nemphls.
DOAI &
. M. McCALLUM.
handling of cotton wb lie in anetl
TTXPK' IIKXTKIt ATTK.CTIOA!
-' Over U.t, a Millie :i DMrlLut-.t
LOrittlA.VA KTATJ! LOlTr.K V CO.
This Inscwrnn w.s re.n:!u:!j irer :j.-:-lei by the
L-jgisi.tti-iecr uiwU.: I.r fcdin:.!-k':::-u at.4 rita
b.e t-uriK.se- lii 1? with a capKal of $f ,ttM.MHU,
t.i r.uirt it !:; ?:;ioe BddeJ a re-?ra furd of Sii"..!,
CKrO. Its ;rna Kinslei TV nrnlirr Iiftrt
but. 'on Wul f pice n.-nti:'.. It un-rr urate
or riw.e Look lit tie following DlslribuUon:
GRAND l'ROK IINALE CONCf.RT. durirg which
will bike plitce Ihe Krarlinrir Nrnil
Amiuel rniiiff. at New I "rleans, TUESDAY.
Hjceiiib r 10th. under oe perscnal surx-nrijilon and
mansTOne.-it of General T. PEA I ' it EH ARD, of
I.T..i5lnca and General J ITS A L A. KARL Y, of Vir
ginia CAPITA PRIZK. 8IOO.OOO.
I-i-NOiiCK-Tickfts are SlOonly; Halves, So;
Filths, S2; leu'.ln. si.
LIST OK rS.I7.ES:
1 Capll&I Prizeof....$iH.K0 S10O.00O
1 Grand Prize of F.O.IKIO fiO.ltt'O
1 Grand Fuze of 2).M0 20,000
2 Large Prizes of.... m.ikxi 20.0(0
4 L.-ir-e Iflzes of.... o.OtKI VO.(KK)
2'tprlAesof l.fXiO 20.00(1
Ml Prices of fit Ml 2fi,M:i)
100 Prl.es of HIM) HO.OOO
2lM Prizes ot 200 4O.00G
iiJO Prizes of KM) HO.OfKl
10OO0 Prizes or 10 100,000
ArrHOXIVATh-N PRIZKS:
100 Approximation Prizes of $2tK) 20.000
leM) Approximation Prizes of 100 10.0
100 Approximation Prizes of 75 7 ,500
ir27 Prize, runmintlp to S522.f00
General i. T. Bemire-'aril. of Louisiana, and lien.
eial Ju!;0 A. Ear.y. of Vi:cinla, Commissioner.
Aryllciuori fer rat i" eiut-s snoeua only be made
to the e):';ce of the Com ;;ir. y in New Orleans Writ
for clrc;iHrJ.or s(r:d mvj- s to SI. A. IIAI I'HIN,
t. . One b. l.n.. or to D.
L. Gillespie, rt West Court sf-. Memphis, Tenn.
Grand Re-OpeDing.
TIIK FLORA I KSTABLISFIVEXT of the late
KRKO liOKBELS, on tfceond street, near
Beale, Is now open, and Ladles and Gentlemen are
cordially inv ted to come and look at the beautiful
disi-lHi of Bowels All kinds of Floral Vsigns, such
as Wreaths, Cro-ss. tilars. Crown, Bouquets and
Baskets niadelooicer ut &hoit tiotlee, In the moat
artistic style.
Cat Monrrs Always oo llaal.
THEODORE GOE ELS,
AamlcUirator on tsiate of F. Uoebels.
N. B. All rersons indebted to F. G"ebels. de
CfaeU. lil ple:se come M trn d and settle Immedi
ately, ar d all to whom K. Goebels was Indebted will
bring ihelrclaims proierl- eworn to.
T. GOEBi'LS, Administrator.
Memphis, Tenn., Noieiuber 22, ls7x.
NOTICE.
H
AVIXG been appointed General Agent for the
CONNECTICUT 3U TL AL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY fiT the Suites of Xcntu-.ky anj Tennes
see, the renewal premiums for Shelby county, Ten
nessee, have been plr.ced In the Tn'on and Planters'
bank, Mmhis, lor coUectljn, blank proofs for
death losses can be lia4 at said bank. All otter
matters appertaining lo the business of said Con-ne-ticrt
yutual Life Insurance Company, will re
ceive pr.imj t attention ny cofriinimicutlon adcresed
to my ollkvj. corner Mala aud SiXili streets. Louis
ville Kentu;Ky.
JAMCS S. CARPENTER,
General JentCon-ec' .cut tfutnal Life Insurance
Company. K-ritne-ky :trnl Tennessee.
Fresbj terian
RAM M ASancl 11
!cllOOl,
Ucsuiiie's CLishs, XovcmVer IS 1S7S.
MI?S JENNY M. RIG3EE. Prtnelpa'. asylsWd
ty a Full I errs of expf-rienced Teachers.
Cata o-se csn be obMlned at ail tbe bookstore.
DISSOLUTION.
THE firm of A. W. Nlwsoiu fc Co. Is this day dis
solved. Co- Pa rtnernhip.
A. W. Newom is this dv admitted as a partner
In the lirui ut L. LAWtlOKN & CO.
L. LAWHORN.
X. W. XEWSCM. L. LAWHORN.
Late A. vv. Newom 4 Co.
L Lawharn & Co.,
Genera! Commission Merchants
KSD
Dealers in Produce,
KEUP cnnstmt:y on lian-5. App'e". Potatoes,
Unions. BT.ns, Hominy, irlts. Butter, Cheese,
Egiss. Dried Krvits, Cubbags, Kraut, Fickies, Figs
Feet, Etc. :c.
Conralirniopiitw nnd Ordrin KollrHerl.
OUE STORE,
S22 Front Street.
IS apiln oren for tm.-iness. The business will be
continued as heretofore.
l H AELS POTTER & CO.
FRANKLIN FEMALE COLLEGE,
COLLY SPSISGS, MIS3.
TH? Fa'l Session of this tlme-ho'o-e-d Institu
tion will i:e continued ev Monday. 2d day of
DecemlK, 187;. lerms mod rate. For particulars
apply to Mh-S. M. B. eLRK. Ptlnclpal.
E01S1K IS. iII&LiAar
ATTO ii X E V-AT-LAW,
gw.l Main tst.. : : TMe-mpMw. Tenn
IT. W. WITHER,
A1TORX EY-AT-LAW,
Xo. 4sS SIaioii Htrcft, Winplil Tenn
WiL MESaiCK. B. J. MORGAN.
Messicli & Morgan,
AttorneyK-at-Law.
o, Hi Mill.o wtreet. MeiBphls. Tenn.
IIVlf!S5 NOTICE.
Orni r oy- Tan Mesvhis Citt 1
FlKBAVK tiENKlUI. I.SSl liAM E CurANT. '
N'O. Ill JALll.-ON ST., Msl'ais. Nov. 21. 178. S
Ttfe meetirig of the Board ot Elrectors. held
i.L this nay. a
mriUKxn ov fivr pfrcext,
on the capital -itock was declared and ordered to be
credltei on the Ktjcic noie-s of u.e coinimny. By
order ot the Bj;i:u.
K. ST. AFPEESOX. President.
Henht J. f tns. Cashier.
llfflBD L BELCHER,
Res. 139 Alabama.
K. I. JORDAN.
Res. 2il Lauderdale.
BELCHER & JORDAN
Attoriieysat-I.aw,
27 Mniw St.. KemphN. Tenn.
Havana Royal Lottery.
Extraordinary Drawing:, Dec. 21, 1S7S.
ONLY IS, OO Tickets; SI .350.000 In Prizes,
with a Capital I'rie t SJuu.i.tMl ul' In
formation c vtn r.n 1 orders niien by F HAa.CH,
tieiieral Agent. New OiUmim. Louisiana.
2V3CO 233LD Ills
Un i ve i i y H i jjli S c a g ol
FOU
OUKG 3EX ASH HOYS.
LYOX . TYLKR, 5f. I'niverHltr ol
a-1 1'rinpit-al.
J. I. STE W A It r. AxxiKtant.
rpnE TrnMee-5 of this lnti:ut!on hve spared no
.L pains erex;ens; to obtain the very fl'iest tal
eat for its niai:;u;enieiit
Their object is t: e!al)Iish a Tlieh School of the
first order, to pre. tire your.g men lor college, or for
tbe ael'.ve duties -f llle.
Mr. yler comes anions us. with the most exalted
t tirronluls as te eiiaraitr. wfc'le Ms clesree ct
Aiasierof Arts, from tue I'nive M!r of Virginia, Is
in itself aui;.!e eW'Jenoe ot bis aUainments as a
scholar.
Of ilr Sten-rt. It s scarcely cecesary to speak.
He bas for years conducted, wilh eminent succrss, a
High school Uh boys In this cummuult.., where ha
has b;-e:i a most ao.v t-ble teacher.
This school tklil ' opened on XlonrJay. Novem
ber lst!i, on Alabiima street, and will close th.
last of June.
Term SIS p'T quarter in Advance.
ISFor Circulars or oilifr Information, address
tC.lt. .11 At ttV, I.
I-1 ! e n Hoard if Tm.teeii.
Weber
Piano and other flrat-rl&ss
FIAXOS and ORGAN'S
For wile Very Low for Cash, or cn easy terms to
good customers Planes uud Organs for rent.
E. Witzmann & Co.,
Ko.gg xootkI Street. Nomriiilw.
J. P. HaneOT..
Late of Hanson A Walker.
li. ti. Reahard.
Southern Dye Works,
Hanson & Reahard,
I'KOPKIEIORS.
Mtore and Office: SOS Kreond Street. -Dye
Works: Sc. 216 Postotae Street f
MEMFEI3, TENN.
ri PITS' and Crtlemen's Clf thing CLEINKD
J DYED nJ KEt'AlRtD at fliort no'ice. AI
C.'olhs. Uo-.!.$llic,etC. DYED IN AL'. COLORS
U 'tMers will re-et-e prompt personal attention
trcods ic-lvei an'i returned by etpress.
JNO. JOHNSTON. J. K. FORI -
JOHKSTOJf & FOSD,
ATTORNETS-AT-LATT, j
IKTc. -iO Madison, si '
IS'-
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