Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-18


Asorxg OF hrrninUriOS.
A picture representa- the sale Of a quanti-
~ 81 80 furnifnre seizsn tsr rent, was exhib-
lied some wears 81. &c IN The @indow OF a DEAF
er in the Place de la Madeline, PaTlsJ ana at
tracted considerable attention. III u .
ground was placed a poor woman5 LoIutr6 -
her arms a child, and watching with q sollo"
ing eye the progress of the sale. liz 49,
face Of tie child stood out in strong conuaS'
to the distressed couutenance of the poor mo-
tber. Further back were the Personsges con-
nected with the sale, represented WAN VlgoI.
The following is stated by a Lyons JouEhal 10
be the history Of the scene depicted:
Afew wears since the painter Of the picture
in question. an eminent artist in Lyons, while
psssing through the Rue des Ferraux, ap-
PREACHED a number Of persons, who were
gathered together, witnessing the sale OF the
furniture Of a poor woman. A woman was
seated on The pavement with a cnlld IN Ier
arms. The painter spoke to her, ana was
told that the furniture which was being sold
belonged to her; that she had struggled hard to
maintain herself and cbilt by working day and
night, and submitting to every privatlon, but
that her landlord had at length seized her fur
niture for some months rent, which was due
him. The artist was much affected by this re-
cftaI, and inquired who was her landlord,
s'There be it," replied the poor woman, point
ing to a man who was watching the progress
of The sale; and he was recognized as a per-
son who was suspected of having amassed g
considerable fortune by usUTy, so that to make
| any appsal TO his feelings on behalf OF the
poor widow would be useless.
The artist was considering within himself
what other plan be could adopt to benefit her,
when the crieT announced a picture for sale.
Il was a miserable daub, which in the summer
the poor woman had used to hide the hole in
the wall through which the pipe Of the stove
passed during the winter. It was put up at
one frame. The artist at once conceived a plan
for taking revenge on the landlord. He went
over, examined the picture with CREST atten-
ton, and then called out with a loud voice,
"One hundred francs!' The landlord was
astounded at the bid, but c0nceiViDg that a
picture for which so eminent an artist could
offer that sum was worth more than double,
boldly offered two hundred francs. give
hundred p said the painter, and the contest
between the two bidders became so animated
that the prize was ct length knocked down 10
the landlord at 2200 francs.
TIE purchaser then addressing the painter,
said. ain seeing an artist Of your merit bid so
EAGERLY for the picture, Isupposed that IL must
be valuable. Now, tell ne, sir, ct what dc
Won estimate lis value ?" "About three francs
and a half,' replied the painter; "but l would
not give that for it" "You are surely Jest.
| fBg,, said the landlord, "for you bid as high
az 21OO1. fer it.'' "Tbat is true" replied tbs
| artist, "and / will tell you why | did so. You
are in possession of an income Of p 0OOf. q
wear, and seized on the furniture Of a poor
woman for q debt of 2O0f. l wished to give
you lesson, and You fell into my trap. IN
stead OF the poor woman being your debtor, she
is now your creditor, and | ha'ter myself you
III - -r-- krE - 1ofu- an vvETT-N TrrnTfn-s
for her debt" The artist then politely saiut,
ed the astonished landlord, and having an
nounced her good fortune to the poor woman.
walked away.
HON. JOHN @. EsEURINBIDGE.
The Baltimore Republican, Of Friday even.
ing, has the following just remarks in reference
to the demonstration In that city upon the call
Of the people to hear Mr.. Breckenridge, Ken.
tucky's champion Of State rights and Consti
tctional liberty. 1t will be seen that the in.
terruptions were made by the bogus police
Lincoln's hireliDgs. The material portions Of
the impromptu speech alluded to have beer
given by the telegraph:
The great wrong which our ely suffers in
being arbitrarily de 9rived Of her lawfully es
tabiished police received last night most con.
elusive illustration. a large crowd, at an
early hour il the evening, assembled in front
Of the Eutaw House, for the purpose Of paying
their respects to those bold and eloquent cham,
pions Of popular rights, John c. Breckinridge
and Clement L. Valiandigham, whose fearless
denuBciatioRs Of executive usurpstious have
enleared them to tie lovers Of true liberty all
over the land.
Alitlle while before ten O'Clock, Mr.. Breck-
Yr-fAra nho gg arEira1vr -uaruo-e IF anv MN
pose on the part of bis friends to give him
such a demonstration, and who had Just Ie-
turned from a visit to a friend In the country,
with whom he had spen- the day, in response
TO the voCifeTous calls Of the immense body OF
citizens, who had by that time assembled %
90 him honor, appeared on the front poTticO OF
tie hotel to return his thanks for the cordial
and eathGsiastic greeting whjch had been thus
spontaneously extended to him. 4 report Of
his remarks will be found in another column.
They we're such as become an American Scna-
tor conscious Of the dignity and responsibility
Of his position, thoroughly convinced Of the
truth OF bis views, and bent upon expressing
then without reserve.
He had not, however, proceeded far in his
bold and string remarks, when an attempt
was made by a 5isoTdeFlv gang in the crowd
10 force bin % desist. All manner Of oppro-
brious epithets were heaped upon him; Kisses
and groans were largely INDUCED in and The
federal police not 9niy looked sPpTovingly or
regardless Of their duiy, but actually did al
10 their power to break up the meeting, By
beating aud aTresting those VIII dared to eX-
press their Indignation at such dis0rdeTly and
d.scTaceful proceedings.
TIE bearing OF Mr.. Breckenridge during
this irving scene was most calm and dignifed.
He addressed a few scathiBg observations to
The disturbeTs Of the peace, which were re-
csived with the most tUmultuous applause BY
the vast throng of his friends. From the posi-
ton he occupied be could distinctly see tn
proceedings Of the squad who seemed, with
the aid Of the police, determined if possible
20 create a riot, and bore his emphatic testi-
mony that the disorder was invariably created
by hose whose duty it was to preserve the
peace.
Those few rowdies who imagined that they
could intimiddte and sileIcs the gallant Ken
tuckian az last found out their mistake, and
permitted him TO finish his remarks.
There was no time during the evening when
an hoEest effort on the part of the police could
not have put a stop to the riotous proceedings
Of the small squad Of rowdies, whose object
was to prevent Mr. Breckenridge from being
heard. They not only failed TO do their duty,
but actively participated In the disturbance,
especially when ~silusiOn was made by the
speaker to the absent commissioners, new ille-
gslly detained in a distant fortress Eotwith-
standing their elnorstTatioIs the meeting was
q most hearty tribute to Nj. Breckenridge,
which shows the feelings Of our citizens, and
cannot fail to be gratifying TO him..
While the grooming and noise was at its
hight, the speaker, raising his voice until it
sounded far above the tumul. below, exclaimed
that though the wretches who were g~lorying in
their degradation might try to insult hin, the
time would Gene when their children would
bless him for the efforts be had made to protect
and sustain the constitution and the laws.
MTSCELAANHOUS ITEMS.
When does ? lovely woman stoop to folly 4?
when she stoops to put on her crinoline.
We know a young lady go courageous, that
she takes hold Of a Skeleton" every night
and SHAKES it. She says she can hear it
rattle.
Many a poor woman thinks she can DO Moth
ing without a husband, and when she gets one,
finds she can do nothing with him.
"Come, 90 to bed, Eddie, you see it is sun
down, and the little chickens ali Sc to rOost at
that time"
eyes, aunty, but the old hen goes with
them"
"Why don't you mount a clean collar,
Brown? mount one three times a day.
Eyes" replied Brown. to the staggering
Jones "but every ones mother isn't a washer
woman"
The reason why so few marriages are happy,
is because the young ladies spend their time in