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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-27
SHELBY COUNTY SECESSION MASS


All voters Of Shelby county, Irrespective Of
party, favorable to the secession Of Tennessee
from the black republic Of the North and =
union with the Confederate States Of the
South, are requested to meet at Raleigh Oh
Monday, the first day Of April next, for the
purpose Of appointing delegates to the State
convention, which will assemble in Nashville
on Saturday, the 18th day Of May next, for
the purpose Of nominating a candidate for
governor. Let US have a general and full az
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WEST rENEEssEE.

RF Telegraph lines have been carried from
Russia in Europe into Asia, and they are now
progressing with extraordinary rapidity. 81
IBERIA sill soon be trayersed With them, and L
TO carry them by a sub marine cable to bis
North American possessions. It Is possible
tbat our latest news from London nag yet Be
obtained BY the way Of Oregon.
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As the late Mr.. G., a farmer al budding
stone, once stood at bis gate, an Irish lad came
up TO bin and requested to be employed.
Mr.. G., GO away, sir; I will never employ
any OF your country again" Irishman, "Why,
your hoLor2 Sure We are good workers. God
bless you DO give me a Job" Mr.. G., "No,
sir, I won't; for the last Irishman ] employed
died on my bands, and ] was forced to bury
him at ny own charge.D hishman, "Ah, your
homer, you need not fear that Of me; for I can
get a certificate that I never died 10 the en-
ployment Of any master ! ever served f" There
was no resisting this. Poor Patrick got en-
ployment without the certificate.
Tho following is a comparative table Of the
shipments Of boots and shoes from Bogton
during the week eRding on the 10Th inst, and
for the corresponding week in 1860;
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The-QuestIOn of For sumter.

INWT~--~N- u
The Charleston Nsws Of the pad instant,
says:
G, Y. Fox, formerly an officer Of the United
States navy, arrived here Yesterday evening
from Washington, on a mission Of some kind
to Fort Sum'er, and after a very short visit
returned to that city. Whether bis visit was
to make a personal examination Of the state of
the supplies, or to arrange the details of sur
render, is not known. The brevity Of the visit
would lead to the former supposition, as the
barrels of beef and biscuit could easily be
counted. We presume that the object Of the
Administration is to 30 prolong the period of
evacuation as to make it not merely a military
but q personal necessity, and thus shift the re-
sponsibility on the shoulders Of Major Ander-
son, instead Of manfully assuming it them
selves.
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For Sale or Rent

FOREWARN an persons charging ne with any
4 goods OF merchandise, unless on a written order
from me. etc.
mr2ssw ". L. srRwARr.
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"THkr's so.s- Mature makes every man
love al women, and trusts the trivial matter Of
special choice to ahe eommonsst accident.
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FoR SE~cEssroE.-The Cincinnati CONNER
e:aI says the Catholic and Hebrew papers Of
that city favor secession. The last issue Of
the Israelite says
With every passing day we get more and
more convinced that the Secessionists are
right.
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AK IMPORTANT INvENTToN-Col. C. NJ.
Pennington, Of Rome, Georgia, has made
some important Inventions, il what he claims
is true. The Courier says he has planned
GA new style Of warship, which, If in its
practical workings il verihas the theory Of tie
form and construction, will speedily s~upplant
all others especially those intended FOR taking
forts, besieging cities, etc. Its form is s1eh
as to make it a fast saiier, and it is equally
well adapted 10 sails or steam power. Il is
made both ball-proof and she'll proof, and this
is accomplished by its peculiar form and an
ostside covering Of Iron Of only one inch
thickness, this being made sufficient BY the
peculiar material underneath 1t, and the shape
Of the vessel. The great advantage claimed
for this invention is its simplicity and conse-
quent cheapness, retaining all the advantages
Of the late style Of iron War-sbipa, which cost
abont ten times as much, and possessing the
additional exeelleneies Of being comparatively
light and a fast ssiler. II the Confederate
States bad a few Of these vessels now afost,
It would be an easy task to take Fort Sumter
and Piekens. Colonel Pennington win 90 to
Montgomery in = few days for the purpose Of
laying the claims OF his invention before Con-
gress and the Navy Department. Colonel
Pennington also showed a modelfo a annon
ball, VII ch be believes viii accomplish all the
advantages sought from The rife cannon, and
entirely remove the difficulties growing cut Of
improperly loading that SPECIES ~ ordnance.
This Invention can be used In any ordinary
cannon.
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q Let it be remembered that the Memphis
Buletin, which rejoiees in being the organ OF
the Union-savers Of this city, after having re-
eeived unequiyocal answers to all ~interrogato-
ries propouBded to the APPEAL, skulks every
question which we have put in return. We
only ask the PEOPLE if they will blindly give
adherence to a cause under the management
OF ofhee-seeking politicians, whose principles
are go rotten that they dare not svow them to
he public? viii they cast their SURFACES for
men who are preparing the way to lead them
blind-folded into the embrace Of the Black
Republican party? Will they support equiv
ocal and double-faesd political measures,
whose India rubber elasticity can be made TO
assume any shape, or subserve any purpose {?
II they follow in their wake, they will be
cold to the enemies CT the South BY designing
spoilshunters, whose highest aspiration, and
whose paramount impulse, is the lovs Of public
plunder.
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q Prince Edward is the banner county Of
Virginia. At a county meeting held at the
courthouse on the 18Th instant, strong resolu-
tons for immediate secession were presented
strong secession speeches were made BY Mr..
THoENToE, (BELL elsetoF,) Mr.. DicKIssoS,
(BREcKIEEIDGE e%lector, and Col. BOILING, a
leading DOUGLAS man. When the vote was
about to be taken, the chairman urgently re-
quessed that every man present would vote
distinctly aye or no, that the sentiment Of the
county might be fully known. Upon putting
the vote there was a general shout Of aye, and
one solitary no. At this stage Of the proceed
lngs Nj. DICKINSON arose in The bar, and re-
nswed the request that if there was any other
gentleman in the meeting who disseated from
the resolutions, be would signify it BY voting
no. But no other no could be ELECTED.
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q We answered several questions for the
BuIeffa, tie other day, touching the principles
We advocate, and in turn requested that journal
to extend US a similar courtesy. With its &C
custonsd character for f~rankness, it responded
TO US in the following bold and unequivOcal
language, Of which its patrons no doubt feel
exceedingly proud. Said the Bulletin:
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.-..s. 80 ..ssss 80.
We are under obligations to our cotsmpo-
rary for this open enunciation Of its princi-
pies, and promise to preserve it as a eaavass
document for the approaching election.
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Earns.

O00 on Hsrnando plank road, 100 acres
NV cleared. good dwelling and oufhouzes; about
my aeres sreek bottom. Cheap, on tine
HOEsARRAT, DUPREE & CO.,
mri Ayers Building.
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TFx.s Irrm}-T The Golisd Mssssngsr say
it vas currently ruuored at Rio Gfands eiI
that Corlina4 Twas raising a force 10 make an,
other iBrosd 70 Texas.
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n The Washington correspondent Of thr
New York Herad says that Col. MANN, one o.
the commissioners from the Confederate statel
TO Europe, has assurances from the directors
that The Great Eastern will arrive from tht
Let to the 10Th OF April at Hampton roads
She viii avail herself Of the southern tariff By
landing coastwise at Charleston, and unload
into tugs of harbor. She will then proceed tC
Norfolk, and take in cargo for Liverpool.
ADUEL-We regret exceedingly 10 learn
saws the Pensacola Obserrer, that a difficulty
occurred this morning at Fort MeRae between
St. Clair Morgan, whose arrival here We no.
ticed a few days since, snd an officer in Capt
OsHsrs's company, whose name we have no
heard, which resulted in a duel, in which MGR
gan, it is thought, was mortally wounded, The
BAH entering the lower part OF the abdomen
and usssing through the body.
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20 HRessE,
1MZe ~ F9EpeMfEgEHQ

A ROOM, on Main street. in tht fourth story o. but4
n ing 10 26l well lighted. ant 2srfE0 Feet 49,
room ~ TIE Third story, Bx26 feet Can econ.
mr1t-iw GTEUUuw HWnWwun a 70
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ra verz OF CoSvEsSloF-"e
a. ~, s~enssaiioh question
e~~ss.si Il s~niitisd = the banner.
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le Afsreurr Of the same date saws

Tn arrival Of a special messenger TO Major
Anderson, last evening, produced some COM
ment and curiosity in the city. The gentleman
who was the envoy Of the Administration at
Washington, is Mr.. G. V. Fox, of Massachu-
sets, formerly of the United States navy. He
was accompanied to Fort Sumter by Captain
Henry J. Harstone, at s O'Clock P. NJ. Mr..
Fox only remained at Fort Sumter foT half an
hour, and left for Washington in the II P. N.
train. He announced that the object Of his
mission was simply to hear from Major An
derson the exact condition Of the garrison.
From the shortness Of the stay OF this envoy
extraordinary, we presume that it did not a
the gallant major long to give him an inven-
tory Of bis provisions, etc.
The Courier has the following significant
paragraph on the same SUBJECT;
It is time this game Of procrastinstion and
vacillation, aud Misunderstanding jusglery were
stopped. Fort Sumter must and will be very
soon devoted to its original and proper and
lawful objects and purposes, in and for the
defense OF the harbor Of Charleston. The
mode Of efscting that necessary change has
been, SO far, left to the discretion Of others; 1t
is now time that we should quicken and stlmu-
late that discretion.
II the rulers that aflict the country subject
TO the sway Of Lincoln cannot appreciate the
necessity and meet the responsibility Of eYse-
%uation, we can and should give them, or their
representatives usurping places in Fort Sum
ter, the alternative opportunity Of espitulation.
II soft words and grass will not effect our
purpose, we can easily try stones. But by
some means or other, and very speedily, Fort
Sumter must be ours.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-27

only two OF the seeded States have chosen
their representatives. to the next HouseA-South
Carolina and Florida.
The members already elected stand thus:
40
Democras 81
OF hose to be elected the Republicans will
probably have seven-four from Connecticut,
two from Rhode Island and one from Kansas.
The Senate, as now constituted, consists Of
twenty-nine Republicans to twsnty-one eppo-
sitlon, leaving out the Texas Senators who viii
retire as soon as they learn officially Of the Sc
cession OF Texas. Missouri will choose an
other Democrat With Polk, snd California an
other with Latham, though probably be will be
OF the Douglas stripe. Kansas will send two
Republicans, which will make the Senate stand
p Republicans to % opposition.
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COTTAGE RESIDENCE

On South Side Of Liaasn Street Between, Main ard
Shelby Streets.
TUE House contains -Four E0oas, Elfeheu, aervents'
4 Room. etc. ne lot fronts 81 feet. ne yard has
beautiful shade trees and shrubbey-a desirable pises.
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TWO NEW HOUSES on Elliott street, eve -
i rocms in each one on Ruth street. six N
rooms two near the fair grUuncs, Eve rooms
in each, and two acres Of ground with each. -
AnnlT y In 2LdInl n D. COCeRAN.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-27

u ANNEENNNNANANt OF IL bAAaUlNFE E4A
WASHINGTON, March 2i.- It is confidently
rumored that orders have been sent for the
landing at Fort Pickens Of the two companies
Of artillery that were sent cut in the United
Sta es ship-of-war Brooklin, under the orders
Of the late administration, for the succor Of
that fort. The order was suspended BY Presi-
dent Buchanan, and is now said to have been
renewed. The military statue viii thus be
changed on the part Of the United States Gov
eminent. Whether the Government OF the
Confederate States will permit this we are to
see. It is not believed, however, that Presi-
dent Davis will order an assault on the fort
prior to a formal demand for its surrender, and
this demand be viii not, it is said, make imme-
diately.
No reply to the communication Of tAe Mont
g0mery commissioners has yet been made, but
it Is promised al an early day. The delay is
not considered as pTeiudicisl 10 the interests
snd objects Of the Montgomery Government,
for they have nothing to loose by the quies-
Lence Of the Federal Government. Time is
wanted by them for the peaceful consolidation
Of their power.
A comparison Of the Morrill, tariff with the
tariff bib reported By the Montgomery Con-
gress shows that the former is, on an average,
one hundred per cent. higher than the latter;
that is, the average rates are about double. A
vast premium is thus given to direct trade
between Europe and the ports of the Coufed-
Grafton. European goods imported into New
York and shipped to southern ports win pay
an additional five per cent. Thus the indirect
trade will be buTdsned with daties under the
Morrill, tariff. aud then under the Mont
gomery tariff, and a discrimination against it
besides.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-07-11
Slaughter of two Thousand Persons In
Africa,

One OF the native missionaries who witnessed
the graud custom OF the King Of Dahoney
saws that more than 1000 male human beings
were slaughtered, and about as many females
and Young children, besides enormous numbers
of deer. turkey -buzzards and other fowl. In
q commercial point of view it has been produc-
tive of evil The West Africa Herald says -
We learn that besides the terrible sacrifice of
human life caused by the Dahoman grand
custom, it has also had the effect Of in great
measure, putting stop to trade in that part
of the country All the principal people have
been compelled to repair to the capital Abomey
and remain there to witness this custom. In
Wydah we understand there were, when our
informant left that town, few people bat wo-
men and slaves The palm-nuts were rotibg
on the trees commerce and agriculture were
languishing grevously.
Among the King of Dahomey's army there
is troop called Amazon Guards. The West
Africa Herald thus describes them:
"The Amazon Guards, as they have some
times been styled, are the most extraordinary
troops that we have ever heard or read Of
They are 5000 in number, all females and
display such degree of ferocions blood thirst
ness and hardhood as to bear a greater re-
Semblance to host OF mad tigresses than TO
human creatures. They utterly despise death;
they show no mercy to any living being in war,
they are mad after blood, and seem not to
know what fear means.
They are in fact q troop of devils, SO to
speak, whose hdeous wildness of manner, and
the savage madness of whose demeanor in times
of excitement is SO appalling and inhuman as
to have Id many well judging persons to opine
that these dreadful creatures are periodically
subjected to the influence of some species OF
drug, which has this effect. The dress of the
Amazons consists of pair of loose trousers an
upper garment covering the breast, and cap.
They are armed with gun, knives and dag
gers some have biunder busses, others louS
elephant guns, while the remainder carry the
ordinary musket. In their military exercises
they display good dicpline, as well as wonder
full dexttrity and agility"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-07-11

Can't CHEAT +HE PRoFEssIoN." An East.
crn paper, speaking Of a man who was un-
able 10 procure ne lcal atteudal c., says
" He died without the aid of Physician
aud such instances are very rare. Such con-
duct is discouraged. If man dies without
the aid of physician, the coroner proceeds
to infict post mortum ivengence upon him
He calls not one but two or three doctors,
who proceed to vindicate the slight on the
profession, They rip open the unfortunate's
body, and if the deceased complained of a
paine in his stomach a short time previous 70
his death, they saw his skull ia two and re-
move the brain for microscopic Inspection
His stomach is removed for chemical inspec-
tion, nnd never brought back again. They
then certify that the deceased died from o
" diagnosis" Of the horizontal membrane Of
the right vertebra,' which being mysterious
disorder beyond the knowledge and compre-
hension Of the Iaity, is supposed to have been
a special visitation upon the unhappy man
for his iriQuity in trying to escape a doctors
bill"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-07-11

Ba~Col Billy Wilson's ZouaveS are having
all sorts of stories told about them A cores
pondent of the sprighty Milwaukee Sealiacl
tells the following =" Yesterdays Methodist
clergyman went down to Staten Island to ex-
hcrt them. Billy Wilson drew up his men,
aud called attention !" The parson then gave
Them a very edifying and appropriate discourse
to which, in obedience to the colonel'S COM
mands, they listened attentiVely. When the
parson had finished, Billy gave his boys o
short talk, somewhat in this wise : Boys I
want you to remember what the minister has
told you. 1t is oil for your good take his ad.
vice and follow it for there is no knowing but
that iu less than six months every id one
OF you viii! be in He'll Here voice from the
ranks called out Three cheers for He'll and
they were given with will. The parson, as
tonished and angry, asked what it meant Oh
says Billy, tae boys don't know much about
Scripture. They think He'll is somewhere be-
tween Montgomery sad New Orleans and they
are ID anXious TO get down in that aeigh-
berhood ?"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-07-11

CHALLENcEs.--A gentleman from the troops
at the Relay House says that the sentinals
have, in some instances, pleasant way of
making challenges. A fellow who had been
fishing on the Patapsco, and secured fine
string of fish, was stopped by the usual ques-
ton, who gees there 2" " Fisherman" was
the answer Advance fisherman and drop
two shad." the alert sentinel, looking out for
his own commissiriat
The Montgomery Confederation gives the
following from a correspondent
g On the first night after my arrival in
passing from one quarter to an other, was
stopped by sentinel whom | recognized
as private P--(though be did not recognizs
me- was asked for the countersigu. and
replied "a friend with bottle of whiskey ;"
the reply was " advance bottle and draw stop
per-" which did, and was suffered to pass
on my way rejoicing ...
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-07-11

WArERLoo THE Day AFTER THE Battle
On the surface of two square miles it was as
certained that fifty thousand men and horses
were dying The luxurious crop of ripe grain
which had covered the field of battle, was re,
duced to litter and beaten into the earth, ard
the surface trodden Gown by the cavalry and
furrowed deeply by the cannon wheels ,strewed
with many relic of the fight. Helmets and
curasses, shattered firearms and broken
swords all the varieties of military ornaments
lancer caps and Highland bonnets uniforms
Of every color, plumes and pennon musical in.
stuments the apparatus of artillery, drums,
bugles, but good God why dwell Oh the har-
rowing picture of foughten field ?-each aud
every runiouS display bore mute testimony TO
the misery of such battle Could the melan.
choIy appearance Of this scene of death be
heightened, it wonid be by witnessing the re-
searches Of the living amid its desolation, for
the objects of their love. Mothers and wives
and children for days were occupied in that
mournful duty and the confusion of the cor
pses-fr;end and foe intermingled as they were
often rendered the attempt at recognizing
individuals difficult and sometimes impossible
In many places the dead lay four feet deep
upon each other, marking the spot some Brit
ish square had occupied exposed for hours to
the murderous fire of French battery Out
side lancer and cuirSssier were scattered on
the earth. Madly attempting to force the
serried bayonet of the British, they had fallen
in bootless essay by the musketry of the inner
files. Furtoer on you trace the spot where
the cavalry of France ard England had en-
conntercd chasseur aud huzzar were inter
mingled and the heavy Norman horses of the
Imperial Guards were interSpersed with the
charges which had carried Albion'S chvalry.
Here the Highlander and Tiralleur lay side by
side together and the heavy dragoon, with
green Erin'S badge upon his helmet, was grap-
pling in death with the Polish lancer. On the
summit of the ridge, where the ground was cum
bered with the dead and trodden fetlock deep
in the mad and gore by the frequent rush of
rival cavalry, the thick strewn corpses of the
Imperial Guards pointed out the spot where
Napoleon had been defeated Here, In column
the favored corps, on whom his last chances
rested, had been annihilated and the advance
and repuse of the guard was traceable to
mass OF fallen Frenchmen. In the hollow be-
low, the last struggle of France had been vain.
ly made FOR there the Old Guard attempted
to meet the British and afford lime 10 their
disorganized companies to rally.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-07-11
BRADFORD COUNTY, Pa, BY E. 0. GOODRICH.

Now how wonderful are the ways of heaven.
That very night as the widow sat by the
fire side thinking of her husband who now lay
smouldering on the drenched soil of PaoIi-
there came tap at the door she opened
it that husband, living though covered with
wounds, was in her arms. He had fellen at
the PaoIi, but not in death anG his wife lay
painting on his bosom.
That night there was prayer in that wood
embowered cottage of the Wissahcon.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-07-11

AN INVITATION TO DGNNER-It was Nbserv
ell that a certain covetous rich man never in.
vited any one to dine with him. IN lay q
wager" said wag, that get an invitation
from him"
The wager being accepted, he goes the next
day to the rich mans house about the time he
was to dine, and tells the servant he must
speak with his master Immediately, for he can
save him thousand pounds
Out came the master. What is that, sir;
you can save me thousand poundS?"
" Yes, sir, can, but see you are at din
ner; will go away aud call again"
"Oa. pray, sir, come in and take dinner
with me-"
I" | shall be troublesome"
=" Not at ALL"
The invitation was accepted. AS soon rs
dinner was ove:, and the family retired, "Well,
sir" said the maa of the house, " now to your
business. Pray let me know how / AIN 10
save thousand pounds"
Well, sir, hear you have q daughter to
dispose of in marriage"
/ have, sir"
" And you intend to portion her with ten
thousand pounds"
/" DO, sir"
Why, then, sir, let me have her, and | will
take her with nine Thousand pounds"
The master of the house arose in passion,
and kicked him out OF doors
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