Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-01-01
oorpEIwEvrs OF TIE SEASON.


o~ozeEIxKxrs OF TIE SEASON.
After the compliments Of the season, which
understood in the amplest sense our
fdssas and patrons, We snnousee that
fhsfewiit be no paper issued from dis ONCE
to-n0rTow n~orning-it being a holiday which
Las always been observed by all connected with
he APrEAL Office, and by our citizens gener-
ally.
TIE NEW YxAK AND TEE OLD YEAR
Life has often been compared to a pilgrim
age, and man TO a pilgrim who pIOds along over
the rugged road and yielding sands, fading his
s0lace in the lOOked-fOr goal Ofthe grave where
lie win forever rest from his WEAKNESS. While
s e7aros unoualifedly adopt this view, yet
We sEaow nat there are many mortals who
g fardeis bsare from the beginning to the ter
nination Of earthly existence, and to whom,
lie is indeed a heavy and sore pilgrimage. Not
. 80, however, with all. The journey Of life is
to some a protraeted recreation-a travel over
sunny lands. pleasant helds and smiling land
scspes, where the mile-pOsts (the advent of the
rew year, hurry upon them at a speed far too
great for their comfort, ana the goal beyond
presents a gloomy and fOrbidding aspect
Well may the possessOrs of 4 useless and
nisspent life trembIe at the approach to these
nfle-posts Of time-thess indicators of their
own folly, which have brought nothing to them
but gray hairs, burrows of care and preying
meInorissl
Wen may the de6auchee and the idler startle
at the swiftness OF their coming when they so
surely point TO the end of a worthless exist
encel Aud well viii it be for such spend
thrills Of existeaceif they viii improve the les
son Of the New Years moon, and endeavor to
gather to themselves new aims, new energy,
and a new life, that what is left Of their term
may not be wasted like its first period!
The actual presence Of 3 new year affords
occasion to cast the eye over the one just passed
and ponder the changes IN the history of our
race.
PfObably the most important event, in an in
tsrnational point Of view, chat the past year
produced, is the pacihcation of Europe by the
treaty Of Paris between the Allied Powers on
tie one hand, and the Government of Russia on
the other. A long, expensive and bloody war
was perhaps never waged and carried on by en-
INTERPRETATIONS with less decisive results,
and where the results left the parties in SO near
iJ the same position as that they occupied be-
fore he opening Of hOstilities. Accordingly,
both the Gar and The Allies were heartily
wearied with the matter, before they got through
with it, and sought every reasonable excuse to
embrace a peace. Conquer a peace" they
could not on either side, and it was left for ar
biiration to accomplish what it was imprac-
tieable for the sword to DO.
An event Of far more significance to the peO-
pie Of the United States, which has just termi-
mated faYorably to the wishes Of the friends of
conservative government, is the quadrennial
election for President Of the United States.
Tie election Of MIR. BUCHANAN was secured
afser a contest, unprecedented for earnestness
and energy, carried on mainly by the Section
slists Of the North and the Democratic Consti-
tgiosal party, whose aim is to secure the Con-
ssAitional rights Of ali the States, and thereby
ar perpetuats the blessings Of our Federal
zion. When the true patriots retrOspects the
severe trial which has been saved TO our coun-
ty By the defeat of the Sectionslists, and the
serious apprehension, which, at one tine, over
cast the public mind, Of their SuceesI, be can
nc 6es fss profo%Sygrssefa f1the happy
Which has once mere bees <gehsafsi
TO Us, from d peril so Imminent and disastrous.
Nearly connected with the affairs of our own
country is the partial success Of WN. WALKER
IN establishing a civilized Anglo-American rule
in the State of Nicaragua country which has
hitherto been the prey Of misrule, anarchy and
revolution. Rivaling the conquest Of Mexico
byCoETEz, in daring and brillisncy,t the achieve
ments Of WALKER viii bear fruits which the
dreaming SpsniaTd never conceived in his Wild
est visions Il viii open the gateway between
tie two oceans TO American enterprise, ests5-
lsh a magnificent in the Caribbean
s~-aswhieh will vie with that Of tie Atlantic,
AID ill with prosperity, plenty and peace, a
country Of unbounded resources, but which has
EitheFtobeen consigned to wilderness condition
by the incidence and rapacity Of man.
The troubles in Kansas have also formed an
incident in the history Of this country which
has not hitherto been without It's apprehensions
But the hrmness and good sense Of Governor
GEARY, together with the want Of a motive on
the part of the Sectionalists to produce fresh
food for agitation since the Presidential cleo
lion, has quieted affairs there, and the American
COufederscy, in common with the civilized
world, now r%ejOicss in the contemplation Of a
peace, which We trust may be as long as it is
productive Of gloriOns and progressive results.
e The mail yesterday brought US the fol-
lowing letter. If the writer viii give Us his
name and present Post Office, we viii most
ehserfully give him credit and change his paper.
We wiz hold the three dollars subject to his
orders.
Z %. 1856.
Nelsrs- E6a0Ts Of te Appeal Office. Memphis, Ten
Hessec= You VII enc enclosed So o.. for which you WI
cfetit and change my APPEALto Waterford ?. o., Miss