Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-09

then, is the responsibility of him who
handles a social resolution new in the
history Of man. He must march vet he
cannot know whether or not the path
which he selects will lead him over the
bleeding hearts and ruined destinies Of
his own chafge. For such, the only ade-
/ quate director is the Spirit of God; and
his best resort is prayer. To that resort
I | sincerely and sOlemnly commend YOU
and close By subscribing myself,
Your cbedient servant,
ROBERT L. DABNEY.
! PRnyCE EDWARD COUNTY, Va, Oct. r. 1886.
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W NEWS ITEMS.
rea. The Hon. Pierre Soule, Of Louis
lana, has been pardOned by the Presi-
dent.
NJ Champ Furgusonis horse won the
prize at the Kentucky Fair.
REsIdNED.-The resignation of Frank
Blair as Major General is confirmed.
Bg Snow fell in Indianapolis, Ind, on
Monday.
IA Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, the cell
ebrated violinist, died at Nice on the
eighth Of October, whittier he had gone
for his health.
n1- Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has been
appointed President of the National Ex-
press Company, recently organized in
Richmond, Va.
Rsa- Maj.-Gen. A. Med. MeCook has
resigned his command in the army, and
identified himself with Butterfield's Over
land Dispatch Company.
rs Gen. Sir William Frederick VII
hams, the " hero of Kars, " has been ap-
pointed Lieutenant Governor Of Nova
Scotia, al interim. Gen. Williams is a
native Of that Province.
Ia A Council Bluff, Ia, journal re-
ports that the Indians are again in the
war path, attacking trains, cutting tele-
graph wires and committing deviltries
generally.
sSr Major Beazell of the Pay Depart
ment who has for several months been
stationed in West Virginia, has been pro-
NOTED TO be Lieutenant-COlonelf for faith
ful and meritorious services.
E1T There are at present one hundred
and one vessels in service in our navy,
mounting in the aggregate one thousand
one hundred and fifteen guns.
THE FENIANs.-The Fenian headquar- l
ters in New York are the scene of much I
business activity daily every one work /
ing in good earnest.
B0- A negro woman, covered with /
small pox, wandered along Market street, /
a few days since. There
were about forty cases on the streets.
Rsa- Mr.. Abercrombie, Of the night
police Of Montgomery, Ala, shot a negro
dead after the latter had snapped his pis-
tol at him three or four times.
Rea- Arsenic has been proved to be al
most invariably present in the ochreous
deposit thrown down by water. Professor
Otto readily discovered its presence in
the crust which had formed on the inside
Of his teakettle.
Boar BURNED-THREE OFFICERS
LosT.-On the 31st ult. the steamer Clip
per, with three hundred and twenty
bales of cotton, was burned seventy miles
above Mobile. Capt. English, the clerk
snd two pilots were lost.
OlhAN41ts--Ab II IuAlOLcu tntt bLAS
Hon. Dan. r. Dickenson, Of New York,
is at the head of determined capitalists
who propose railroad from st. Louis to
Galveston.
Ez5@ There was a great meeting in st.
Louis on Friday, to profess against the
% Test Oath" and TO take counsel with
reference TO Upsetting, by lawful means,
-he Radical faction who gave birth to IT,
The speakers included many of the most
eminent men of the State, and the en-
husiasIn is said 10 have been very great
Mai. Gen. Blair was among the speakers.
nea- The Herdlcgs Washington specia
,ays directions has been issued by the
War Department. to stop all sales ofarmy
and everything in the line of
These directions are re-
,eived, says the dispatch, as indicating
hat an emergency may soon arise when
army wagons viii be again required.
MEXICAN NEws.-The Emperor has
iecreed the foundation of national
heater. The rainy season has ended.
The campaign against guerillas viii open
The first branch of the
Chaleo Railroad, between Mexico and
Flambaga, was inaugurated in the pres
snce of the Emperor and Empress.
ses. The President is said to have de-
,lared 10 Mr. Beecher, at their recent in
.erview, thatthe States lately in rebellion
ought not to be allowed to resume their
former relations until they had adopted
vided for the welfare Of the freedmen.
RrA- Gov. Curtin made an address at
Girard, Penn, on the first, at the dedica-
ton Of a monument erected to the de-
ceased soldiers Of Erie county, Penn, by
Dan Rice, the Snowman. The mOnu-
ment IS "a beautiful Italian marble
column, seventeen feet high, witha sand
stone base, and bearing suitable inscrip-
.ions. 1t cost over five thousand dollars.
To THE EDITOR OF THE ARMY JOUR-
the days Of Queen Eliz-
lbeth, Irdland may be said to have con-
stituted aleaf of the trefoil Of the British
Empire. Consequently, 10 it as well as
applies, perhaps, the words Of
the bold bastard, Philip FauieOnbridge-
This England never did nor never shall
Lie at the proud foot OF a conquerOr,
But whea II first did help TO wound itself"
ssA- Mexican guerrillas recently threw
a train of ears Off the track near Passo
del NIacho. The engineer and one man
were killed instantly. The guerillas,
two hundred in number, then rushed
into the cars with dsggers in their hands
and forced the passengers, among whom
were several ladies, TO give up their /
money AID valuables. Two French Of
dcers and eight privates, who were on
board the train on their way to Vera
Cruz were carried Off by the bandits,
and, according to a private letter since
their dead bodies were subse-
quently discovered in a ravine.