Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-15
TmE OsIGIv oR PRIssNs.

By TIE woopcHoPPEa.

BY TIE wOODCHoPPER.
! A jail Is defined to be a prison building, des-
! ignatad by law or used by the sheriff for the
| esnGaemSnt or dstenti0n Of those whose per-
7 sons are judicially ordered 20 be kept in Gus
/ tody.
! The most ancient zil of which We have any
sutheHhc knowledge VAS erected IN the
DJthain country. abeut Ammo kgndi. -. as
I recorded By NJ. Noise, distinguished Oriental
historian and legislator As much dsust and
perPlsxity have heretofore existed in thu minds
Of modern philosophers as % tbs correct erthog-
raphy sf ais Hame, We srs happy 20 have il a
cur power, after laborious investigation, 70
thTOH ths necessary light ap0n tke mach vaxsd
question An archaeological friend 70 waoss
researches We are indebted for muea valuable
Information, wiaiis ressatly engaged in an explo-
ration OF the eattacOmbs sf ThGba5, discovered
Ia q granite 5arc3s shagua a scroll Of papyrus,
Whieh had apparently been used "a a bandags
I for the chronic sOEs leg OF the keeper Of "a
Eyyptisa coffee house. After repeated INNER
sions il a chemical solution (tbs secret Of ito
cOmponeots ne declined to giVe) hs was enabled
20 Unlsld with Baccess, and wiihsat tho slightest
Injury 20 the inscription, the entire scroll from
which i was sseert=inod that the C0ptic
lsHguage Che vernaculsr Of cur hist0Tial) was
deficient in the letter "I T." Mc. Noise, thea
having no "I's' could not. Of course, see any
other mode Of spailag his name than By sun
stluting an "S' for ghs dersliet letter, vixen it
became Mosss, or Moses.
Though the anceiut srthOgraphy wss slightly
different from the modem, all szBans CONCUR in
one important particular, to-wIt: that the pro-
n0nciation was idanticsl Tsis estimated beyond
controversy that The historians grandmother
Hiss Pha Rosa, while making preparations for
shs entertainment Of company at her pas msG-
sion, was seated in the kitchen frying isp-i acks
and being so unfortunate IS to soil her bands
With pot black, c0neiuded to stroll TO tks river
side make tie necessary ablaton. She as
c0T5ingiy adjusted 2 suubOunst upon her head,
and crossed eves the sGle, when she was saig-
ted by half dozen other young la5ies Just re-
turning from the public sehoo, ehaUntHg tia
national anthem
AT the battle Of the Nile
Wag there all the while"
With ous accord shey ceased their ual6dious
action, and By express invitation. accompanied
their fair friend, batting occasionally By the
Way-gde 20 gather a isw backh0Tjes On
reaching the Iiver bank, tho vigilsnt eve of
Mes Phs R0a dstactsd suuEiy asconsed among
he bushes an OLD dUgout, 1a'aininE e very
young mariner. Animaied by the kiadliest
symas HES fer those in distress and inneiiad by
al he "obsr sentiments shat fad their abode II
the heart 0l The gentle sex, shs threw aside sii
cons dsra-G1s of self tucked up her crm0HHs,
plugged into Tho stream, seized rhs young 'un,
pressed HIM to her -0sOn and b0~s him IN tri-
umph, g1ed 81 she vas. % ih0 shore, ezcisim-
lag the same time
m moas'ous tired, TT taxa more case
Boss my soul" cried Che girls simsllsne-
ously, what pretty name, more sass.' d.
declare"
To this romantic Circumstance sas Young mar
wss indebted for his same which he reversutIy
bore uatii an uniucky accident so c0rruDre7 its
pronunciation that net sll tha waters Of the Nile
cou d restore it 60 its pristine puritv. One day
whil9 amusing himself in his gTzedf5fher's tur-
zip patch, in the innocent recreation Of throw
ing soit mud from the end Of sn elastic stick, as
which be was very expert, tbick-hpped. though
Intelligent conTsBsnd," with s5TJng aETicul-
iural proeiiviles, drove his pl0w go uear tho
shins Of the young gentleman as 10 off nd him
guev0usly, when, to revenge himself fer ths
supposed insult, he inserted the end Of bis
switch very srtistieallY in an accumulation Of
bovine guauO, and huEling It with great force
and c7mUendEble precision, it alightad upon the
projecting neither lip Of the eontrahand to his 20
little aaazemant and supreme disgust. Sad
denly bsltng his male, he leaned one arm upon
the handle OF the plow, aud pointing With a iu-
ger of the other hand to bis Iabisl organ sx-
claimed, with soms sliglt evidence Of iTTita-
5ilityi
-ASFEf Inn tAaA AtAec1A AAo-AA1p WuAA NtlfA
gone an done | amt gwise 70 brush t Of 1
luther. Tss jess gwine to left it dar fur yer
muddeF to see. I is dat, sure"
As young Noise grew up ne eviBced consider I
lble knowledge of the "fBtic art" and the 4
possession Of vsry e0mmsndable combatiVs
properties. his first essay was in knocking an
,rishmsn down in what is presumed to have
been lager bser saloon. Bat Learning that
warrant Was cat for his arrest, DO ''syes-
iaddled." We next ind him endoavoring 70
ncite rebellion in q brick, for which, and
be ungDarded use Of seditigus language he
vas Hnder sort of Order Ne. 45n benshed
he country and sent eastward, where ne en-
ragged in land hunting. Finding none saiiabie
or agricultural purposes, he WeHt ia quest of
Ome cane-land, but being suddenly attacked
With a eongsstivs chill, Th0rnBsenian doctor
vas eslled IL, who, ignorsnt Of bOEa thos Cogtic
nd Hebrew laagusgss, didn'& know how to
yTIts ais prescriptions for shs apsthecsrv, Sc
Noise" bad to tgaRsiEle hi nsalf; and here our /
rob9e eJlogicRl friend says be was lost sight Of
Csdnus informs rs that while specializing in /
own lots in one Of the principal cities of Pfos-
ieia, he lost his coat, aud searching for ''taii-
-eur-msn," discovered over the door Of q small
bsnty, situated on the corner Of dark SLY,
ign with the following sRnuneiation in good
'henician letters;
I0ISE, DEALER IN SECOND HAND CLoFHIsG.
n B-Positiyely no credit
his is the 6rst evidences we have of the ma g,e
eing spsli with an Il, for which is Is indebt-
to tha more perfect alphabet Of the Pb07i-
aRs. The merchant traced his asaeslorv I
Rck to cur historian.
The family of Moiss" is supposed to have /
cen very prolihc, though, ia some respects.
eceBsarily abbreviated. It is conieetursd I
rat branch emigratad to the Western hemiz- :
here and settled possibly in S6uth Carolina or
ouisana, and that \ member Of this branch Z
% for some months beea in pursuit OF a Deri- ,
ltsiic State government, Wit as little pr1Eneet
everlasting it as his greas ancestor had oil I
aiding the cauo-sld
According to our historian there was in an !
ent times au organized bsnd of stock irovors i
ITsUing their vocation On the plains of Do a
alu, and, guBpeciing one of thsir aBr1ber oft q
sing a spy and of giving cid and comfort to :
10 enemy, he was arrested, tried before q packed a
~, found guilty aad, on motion of Reabon Z
icohs, Esq, district attorney for the Sschem G
reuit, condemned to solitary confinement. The | 81
storan 5as strangely neglected TO give an Il
aborafa description Of this memorable, though ! o.
imiIiVe place Of incarceration, and we csu ID
ily gather enough TO enable US 70 srrlve at the
inclusion, that It bore q strikiag sinilitude to b
a h0le ia The ground 81
We are somewhat inclined to believe that the
tire proceedings in the case Of Joseph I3rssl. ID
a WeTs singulariy at vasiaocs with lay: t6ai d
sy were irregular and unconstitutional, nor ars h