Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-06-15


ha been received from a young man at Gin
e%innati, and formerly ef Fort Smith, and
now Ia The employ Of the United States army,
to a gentleman, in which be warns the latter
to have all tas women and children removed
from Fort Smith, as there will be fight there
BY the middle Of June.
The Washington Ccsgisr, Of the sOth inst,
says
Captain McNaif, Of the Washington Guards,
shot his slave, Willis, this morning, while the
latter waa making a desperate Hort to cut his
own throat Capt. Men. aimed to break bis
arm, to f~rustsats the suicide, but missed bis
aim snd sbct him II the neck. The wound iB
not dangerous. Wills is at present in jail.
From a statistical table published in he
Little Rock True Dsmoerei, We lsarL that the
white population Of Arkansas, at The time Of
taking The census last year, was s24,323, being
an increase Of 61,526, IN the last ten years.
10 ihe same time, TIE value o. the taxable
property Of the State has increased from
ss4.9s5. ss6 to sl42,4 7b, sS6-more than quad
ruPlsd.
By the secession Of the STATE, she hss &C
quired a legal right to more than 5000, 900
acres Of land, which at an average of 80 cents
PET acre, would pay all the indebtedness Of the
STATE three times over.
CHANGE OF TINE ZOE HOLDING ELEcTfoKs.
By an ordinance adopted By the State eOavsn-
ton Just adjourned, the time for holding al
general elections in this State has been changed
to tie first Monday in October.
aa- c -- r..l a., or5irarra
creating congressional districts in Arkansas.
The district across the river will be composed
81 the counaes q Phillips, Monroe, Il. Fran
els, CritteBdsn, Mississippi, Craighssd, Poin-
set, Green, lizard, Lawrence, Randolph, hide
pendeDce aud White.
g The regiment of foreign adventurers,
recently enlisted in New York, and who ar
rived ten days ago in Washington, is 10 a very
dlsorganized condition. The government re-
CURED that they should enlist for three years,
which they refused TO do. Fifty ood have gone
back to New York, and The others will follow.
They say Lincoln & Co. are cheats and hum
bugs.
r. We bad the pleasure of a visit yesterday
from our old and valued friend Captain C. R.
Dickson, assistant qusrtermsster Of the Con-
fsdsrste army. He is in position at Union
City, taking good care OsthOss under aim.
r. Hon. James Guthrie, Of Kentucky, is
in Cincinnati, for the purpose, it IS said, of
comforting with Col. Anderson in regard to the
shipment Of provisions over the Louisville and
Nashville railroad.
n Five hundred dollars has been collected
in Charleston, to aid the Jackson family. It
is to be invested in a confederate bond Of that
amount, in the name Of Mrs. J..
All SAFE.-A dispatch to the Savannah
Es,zs of the 7th announces the safe arrival at
Georgetown Of the vessel reported as taken by
the Mfnnss0ta.
c-Tbs Petersburg Typographical Society,
at its meeting Last Saturday night, severed its
connection with the National Typographical
Union.
FREEDOM AND SLAVERY.
EDIroRs APPEAL: Are the people OF tie
Northern S stes, and those Of Missouri, Ken
lucky ard Maryland, freemen OF slaves2 This
is an important question just at this time, and
one which the people themselves seem not yet
TO have considered. Il is a palpabls fact that
the people If every State which still adhsres
70 the old Union are the veriest Of slavsC, with
10 more freedom han a Russian serf, and not
haif as much as ! southern negro, and this
fact car be demonstrated in few words. It is
universally Acknowledged that all freemen are
entitled to a voice in the legislative councils Of
their country, which voice is expressed through
their Representatives. This right has slsaTB
been claimed by The American people shove
every other nation, and until now has always
been accorded to them. But nOv DO the peo-
ME OF the States still remaining in the federal
Union think taey have any voice in their own
government? II so, they are the most eyre
giously fooled set of ssses on the face Of tbe
crrtn. They expect. no doubt, TO elect their
Congressman and Senators for the federal Con-
cress as usual.
Suppose they do, what then? Is any mar SO
blind to the policy OF the rufian who has pro-
claimed himself military dictator st Washing
ton, aided BY that arch-tTaitor Winfield Scott,
as not to See that every represent alive and
every senator in the next federate congress viii
be the plant servant Of these despots, and
comp He'd 70 DO tier bidding? Why did LIN
coin delay the converting Of congress to the
Alb Of July? Simply, that in TIE meantime be
might surround himself with thousands Of
armed ~ruffsns to enforce obedience to his CON-
mands. He has usurped every power which
the people by the constitution conhded TO con-
gress, and ofcourss might expect to Be rebuked
By them for this usurpation. In order, there
fore, to proceed unrebuked and unquestioned,
ard compel obedience from those Who are Of
right his masters, he has an armed force for
ibis pu-Do-e at Washington.
We, tbsrtfoTe, say that the people Of every
State in the old Union are powsrless slaves ;
and unless they arise in their sovereignty and
drive these miserable wretches from power,
ever.