Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-07-24

p Fon P1No1A CIRcUTr CLERK--We observe
xrom the Pamela Star that our old friend A M
svRE, ESQ, lisa candidate for CLERK o. ms
4 Circuit Court. A c~leverer mar han ANDY
RGrsUHs is not TO be found between sunii
and sunset.
DE.rHo OF GEN. oUITMAS.-The MISSISSIPPI
n.D.rs coms 10 us arrsyed in deep mourning,
=, t.sinouv Of sorrow for the death Of the no
Al. hearted and gallant QUTTNAN. No man
ever lived who enjoyed in e more unqualified
a.grs. the confidence and love Of Mississippi
.,s All men Of all parties admired bis heroic
st.a5fsstpess to bis own honest convictions,
while a large portion Of the people Of Missis-
sipni to whom be was more Intimately known,
made him almost Their idol. Peace to his
ashssi
STRUCK BY LIGHTEINs.-D During a storm
some time last week, a negro woman belonging
to Luda Cothran, living some ten miles south
cas- Of Pamela, took shelter under 9 tree near
where she was at work. The lightning struck
the tree and passed down her body, opening al
the seams Of her dress, and twisting the skin
OF her body once or twice around her. She
died in a few hOurs.-PsRosa Star.
The same paper has the following:
DRowNEp.-On Saturday last,a son Of
Pierce W. Perry, Of this county, was drowned
in the creek near the residences Of Mrs. Cen
Rayburn. He went to The creek In company
with several other boys 10 battle, and got into
a quieksand hole and drowned before the other
boys could help him.
UsfvERsrrT OF MIssIssIFFL-We under
stand that the Trustees at their late meeting
reduced The term OF The session from ten 10
[ nine months. Tie next session will c0tse-
cuently mme on the first Monday in De-
tober and erd on the first Of july. We sup
pose this new arrangement will give general
satisfaction, as the summer months are entire
" too warm to study.-ozford Mercury.
The ssme paper has the following para
graphs;
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.-A negro boy be-
longing te VIM. Anderson, a planter who lives
near Abbcviile, in this county, was aociden-
tally shot on last Saturday morning by a negro
girl. She was carelessly handling a pistol
when it went of, the ball striking the boy IN
the back part Of the bead and lodging above
the right eye. He died In a few hours after
wards.
New CHAIR IN Tbs UEIvEKsITY.-Ihe
Board Of Trustees in the University OF Mis-
sissippi, at their late session, created the new
Chair OF - English Language and Literature"
and selected Mr.. W. ID. Moore, now President
Of the Oakland College, of this State, and an
eminent Presbyterian Minister, 20 Nil It. They
I also abolished the Chairs Of Tutors-Oecupied
/ BY Messrs. Carr and Sullivan up to that time
and also accepted the propositions submit
I ted to them in the late letter Of President Bar
nard. The term Of vacation is extended to
three months, and the Collegiate year will
hereafter be nine months long instead OF ten.
BARBECUE TO Mn. LAzAR.-Ths citizens
Of Abbevile and vicinity will, on the 2sth
inst, tender to the Hon. L. Q. c. LAMAR a
bar5ecue as a compliment to his Congressional
course. The honor is well msritsd.
JUDGE GEoReE FooTE-Ws are this morn
ing clad in mourning for the gentleman whose
name heads this article, who Is dead. Hewas
at the time Of bis demise the Judge Of the Pro-
bate Court Of HeSoto county. He was our
friend and we were his. We knew him and he
knew US. He died on Saturday night last at
about IL o'clock, aged forty-three years. He
was born in Madison county, Alabama, In
1915. He filled the Office Of Clerk Of the Pro-
bate Court for many years. He was upright,
honest and faithful to the trust Teposed in his
hands. The widows and orphans bad In him
an ardent and watchful protector Of their
rights. The community has lost in him a val
liable citizen, and the county will feel the
vacuum Of bis exit He has left behind him a
wife and two infant children, and two daugh-
tiers BY bis first marriage, TO deplore their IRE
parable loss.
His remains were followed to the grave BY
the Free Mssons of this vicinity and a large
numker Of citizens from town and country, on
Monday lsst.-HeTHdndo Pres.