Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-09


tion, that 1--WE We're now witnessing tl
+, extraordinary circumstance Of a redu.
tiOn in the French army at q mOmen
> when the King of Belgium was threat
ening to die.n But why il the circun
stance extraordinary The old Kin
/, Leopold has lived 80 long, has been $
! 4 long surrounded and protected by the res
Of the world, he represents so many his
B I tOrical facts, links together 80 man
treaties and compacts, and fills such
space in what may be called the romano
Of history, that no one dare raise a finge
2 against him or his little State. The cir
] cumstances is especially extraordinary
{ however, in the ewes Of a Frenehman
. because every Frenchman looks torwari
To the day when the frontiers of Francs
are 20 reach the Rhine, and as the olI
King Of Belgium stands in the way Of the
, absorption of his Kingdom by France, hi
death is naturally looked on by French
, man as a date which may bring trOuhi,
with il, and which may demand anlaln
tenance of the army on warfoOtng- The
, fact j. that the Kings death would LIT 8
load from the heart Of the French people
. flr there viii be no tranquility Of minC
in France till the question of the Rhine Is
I settled. The Kings eldest son and heir
the Duke Of Brabant, is not popular, and
will carry to the throne no other mora
force than that which is found his inle
gality; and legality isno stumbling block
in the way Of other mems ambition.
But the much talked Of reduction in
the French army does not amount "a
much after all; and even that little is
made in such a way that the army may
be changed from y peace TO a war footing
I with great rauidity. In each branch OF
the service there is 10 be a suppression OF
/ companies, in such a way as 10 send 70
/ their homes somewhere between twenty
and thirty thousand men, but there is no
] entire suppression of brigades, regiments,
Z or names from the army. In OtheFwOrJis,
/ the cudFe, or frame, is 10 remain as at
/ present, with its titles of corps, brigades
and regiments, and especially with all
+ its dep0ts Of instruction. They have
simply albtracJed a few men from each
f regiment, and this by companies. The
saving to the treasury VIII be four or
/ five millions Of dollars. This reduction,
T il will be seen, is small, and need not
alarm the country for the safety of its
military reputation. 1t is made with
regret BY the Secretary Of War, as one
NAV easily see by the melancholy tone
Of the report recommending the measure
TO the Emperor. The easy and rapid
manner in which the army of the United
States was dissolved has had, ! hear on
all sides, much 10 do with this reduction,
however small, in the French army. Or
rather, I should say, the astounding fact
Of the sudden reduction Of that army tOSO
low a figure in a country supposed 10 be
still ina state OF semi-anarchy, was the
example which forced the reduction in
France. Itis true that n. FOuld and
the Emperor demanded the reduction as
a measure Of economy; but so much has
been said about the reduction IN America
that it is impossible to escape the cOnvic-
ton that this also exerted a large infu-
ence in the matter.
The French press is sober in its remarks
on the Adams-Russell correspondence on
the AIuJGHaa claims and one would have
difficulty in finding out whether the
writers had any opinion ON the subject OF
not.
The French people have been not
little surprised at the fact, that after the
publication or Maximilian' 3 proclamation
announcing the termination OF the war
and theestablishment Of peace in Mexico
! they should 80 soon read Of battle under
/ the walls Of MatamOras, which lasted
/ three days, and Of another in which ti3e
: Juarist took a town. French patience,
under these continued deceptions, ought
I 10 be about ready to give way.
t The deaths by cholera at Paris have de-
] scended 70 fifteen or twenty daily, and
7 the epidemic no longer occupies the pub
/ lie mind. Paris is now the safest place
on the continent, for here the disease is
about finished whereas il is impossible
! to travel much without falling into
/ place where the disease is just developing.
/ The few deaths that are now occurring
+ here are among that class Of people who
are destitute of the necessaries of life,
I and among people who contract the dis
/ case in the hospital We have only had
i'm the two months the Epidemic has
lasted but about six thousand deaths,
while the highest on any one day was
not more than two hundred and twenty,
For q population Of two millions we
have therefore escaped most happily, and
Paris, with its modern improvements and
perfect police and sanitary regulations,
may be set down as the healthiest city
in the werld,
The distinguished surgeon Of the Hos
pital Hotel Dieu and surgeon in ordinary
10 the Emperor, n. Jobert de Lamballe,
has lust been seized with mental aliepa-
ton. aud mas been conveyed 20 private
madh0use. There Is no special cause
other than the hard labor of scienunc
man, for this laAentable occurrence
MALAkOFF.
/ From the London Daily News, Nov y.
/ GREAT BRITAIN-TBE REVOLT IN JA-
r wATCA-THE ATROCITY OF THE BRIT
IsIT rRp0Fsst
That it may be seen on what species OF
evidence British officers, commanding a
Oueeu's regiment, can thus act As hang
men Of captives made by special const'ii-
bIss ont of a "camD.N we subiOin Col,
HOBBS own account Of MS dhiHf spprover
and OF his method Of Investigation, or, a.
he calls 10, coming 70 an understand
iug.'l 81 must not forget 10 tell YOU that
| have got Paul Bogle's valet for NY
guide-a little Fellow Of extraordinary in
feIIirence. 4 light rope tied 10 the stir
run. and a revolver now and then 10 hi'
besd. vaiiss US u gndGrtgnd eaGh Othpr
and he knows every single rebel IN TIT
island by name and face, and has JUS
beeD selecting the Captains, ColOnel'
ana Secretaries uuL ot al lmHehsr gang
Of I,risoners Just come Ia here, whom
shall have to shoot tomorrow morning.
such are the dispatches Of an officer IN
command ef regglgg tIaoBs. NE nave
nov 10 request our readers attention z
Ttbe following extract frem letter Of th'
special correspondent Of the Jamalc'
.e0adanqs The supposed rebels ina
were captured and brought IN during ll'
. dav Of Tuesday last, and early on ihe IGi
lowing morning. We're examiner " t44
provost Marshal al hls ONCE, but Deyo'@
. being stragglers, nothing was proves
, that warranted the committal OF w
whole Of them bsiofe . court martial
About thirty were, one by one, dashed Q
, a gun and Gated, receiving nfty lashe
on the bare back, laid on after the man
HnaAn. al L.
! tWentvl committed as rebels. Among th
rebels was Geo. Marshall, a brown MAJ
.,Kentv-hve years old, who, on receiving
, fortv iashes, ground his teeth and CAV
4 ferocious look Of defiance az the Proves
: Marshal. He was Immediately 0rdere
: fo - taken from the gun and hanged
No time was lost, and he Was accOrdingl.
strung up in the presence Of the insur
{ rectiOnists.h
, can ID be Englishmen who do thss
Z things in a British colony where Brils
D law exists. and a British Governor repre-
sants The Oueen2 Is it British officer
: who thus. pursuing men who never ilre
z shot ia self defense, but fling down tnel
I arms and pray for protsotioni answer li
r uraver bv the cat and the halter lh
A actually La this nineteenth centur
4 that We read in the English languag
!. OF men hung and shOis by the do4e
y ON evidence OF q WTetched child Wh
r is bound 10 his oaptOrs Saddle Ah'
p with revolver at MS heo'
"a made to understand his captor
a. wishes And Is il among civilized me
D. that we hear Of a miserable brow
b. man, against whom nothing could {
y, proved warranting his even being ule'
al Yet lashed TO a gun andflOgged, and thel
" because at the forty-seventh lash }
ground his teeth and gave ferocio'
y look Instantly ordered ~ be taken irOl
e. the gun and hanged? Or II even wear
" TO stop our cars and shut out from Ol
st thoughts such revolving scenes, what a
,e we, in coldest blood, to saw Of the bal
~ facts Of a rebellion OF one dav.
h which forty lives were lost, and for WhiS
y, between two hundred and four hundr,
'SS Srebelsu are yariously estimated 70 ha,
- been shot OF hung in twelve DAYS Of retl
&c Ssf ne rarlifications Of the alleged co
y. s,,iracv OF the guilt or innocence Of tho
= 9i.bo have been arrested by the authol
! - af Kingston, and, by strange street
M OF arbItrary power, transported from
,e 0lace not under martial law to one viii
1o f. and there tried by court nartisl Al
ns executed. we express no opinion, lof !
he evidence is not vet before Us pul
a, military dispatches and the he"Spat