Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-07
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LINCOLN.
The Northern papers have dates ftom Europe
to the 18th ult. The news is wholly without In
teTest
Garibsldi had addressed the following letter
to President Lincoln;
CAPRERA, August 5, 1863
To Abraham Lincoln. Emaucipafor Of the Slaves IN
tbe American Republic:
If, in She midst Of your Titanic battles, our
voice can yet reach you. lot us, o, Lincoln, frse
sons of Columbus, send You q word Of good
wishes and Of admiration, tor the great work you
have begun.
Heir Of the aspirations of Christ and Of John
Brown, you will pass to pOstsfiy with tbs name
OF the Z EnancipAtor, more envisbls than anv
crown or Any human treasure
Au entire race Of msn, bowed By ssl6sh ego
hsm, under tbs yoke Of slavery is, ct the price
of the noblest blood Of America. restored by
you to the dignity Of man, to civilization, and
toflOve.
America, mistress OF liberty to our fathers,
opens sgsin the solemn epoch Of human progress,
snd while she sstOnishes the world by her gi-
gantie daring, she makes US sOTrowfullv think
how this old Europe, which also fights so great
battle for liberty, finds neither mjnd nor heart
to equal hers, While the revelers in dssBotism
raise their baehsnaliRn rejoicing over tbs fail Of
a free people, let free men reijgiously keep ga
cred the day of the fall OF slavery. There are
mysterious parallels in history, the r1bbsrv of
Mckee and the Lincoln proclamation. Pros
Ferity to you, Abraham Lincoln, pilot Of liberty
hail to all you who, for two years, have fought
and died around her egensTstiug banner Veal
to you, redeemed sons Of Ham-the Irss men of
Italy kiss ths glorious marks OF your chaius
The address is signed by the allan Liberals
the frst named being that Guiseppg GsribslJi,
who wrote it.
AN EARTHQUAKE AT MANILA "A LARgg PoR 7
TiON sF THE CITY DESTROYED O-GREAT
LOSS OF LIFE.
Correspondence Of the New YORK Hsrsldl
MANILA, Island of Buzaa, Jane 6, 1863 -
Ore Of the most destructive oarthcuaks that
has ever visited this city has just passed over
Us leaving behind des0lation aud death Oa the
3d Of june, three brief days ago, between. .ssvsn
and eigh! oclOck IN the evsniag-aud hour whsu
the people generally were at their homes--with-
ont any prenonition, but instantaneous IS light
ning's fash, the city WAS shaken 70 its founds-
ton by terrific earthquake, thas thrssteBed %
engulph eli that was suimsts and iuammats iu
one common ruin within tbs raHge Of It's indu
ence. In less than . miuute-the whole term of
its duFation-the greater portion OF tbs stone
structHTes OF the city and subuFas were in
ruins. Sach of the hGHses as we're laft Standing
are 80 rent and shattered As to be untsuabiS
These viii sll have to be pulled down. snd when
the work of reconstruction is completed, the
city viii be, to all infant and purposes, new
city.
The foreign population Suffered but little in
loss Of life or personal injury; but great num-
Der OF SpanlaEds and natives were iilled in the
streets or buried in the ruins OF their houses
The number Of deaths, however. csnnot be
stated with any certainty No words of mine
could convey to you even the slightest ides OF
the pietare Of desola6on presented by our eity
On all sides destruction and ruin, houses dsmol-
iEhed, others lettering to their laR, and even,
wherever the outside walls seem vet strong and
perfect, the interior Of these ara bat heaps
of ruin. All the principal buildings Of the
Government, su the churches, barracks, etc
are ovedhrown. What is to be done Ia tie
future it is impossible to say; the people are
bent on saving what ever can be snalcbsd from
the geHsral wreck. A great deal Of property is
piled up in different parts Of the city, exposed
to the elements. l say exposed 70 the elemeuta,
for the rsiny season Is just upon as, aad should
the rain set in, bad as the prospect Is, il would
be rendered much worse. Stone house s--sueh