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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
TIE FRFEnMEN.


The body ofmen who manage partisan
politics at Washington are like all radi-
cal men in all ages and countries, fond
Of exercising arbitrary power yer their
fellow men. They do not relish at all
the idea Of giving up military rule at the
South. PresidentJOhnsOn astOunds them
every few DAYS with the news that an
other and another State has been given
over to the republican form Of govern
ment, self government, under the Con-
stitutiOn and laws. They ache at the in
telligence, and wish they could hold on
a little longer to that power which
they love to exercise, in spite of all
principles of free government. But,
seeing their grasp loosen on the white
race, they seem to hold closer to the
negro, and if they continue a few years
lOngOr to manage negro affairs, it viii be
strange if they do not rid US of all
trouble about the negro question by ut
terly destroying the race. Their tender
mercies have been cruel in the extreme,
from the commencement of the war up
70 the present day. They have murdered
more thousands of the OOr race of blacks,
by starvation and ~misery-have broken
up more families, separated more hus-
bands and wives, scattered more children
far asunder, than slavery did in all the
years Of its existence.
1t is a terrible statement, but there it
stands, and the proof is overwhelming.
There is a great deal said about the
Freedmen's Bureau. Probably the head
Of that bureau does as well as he can.
But his bureau is utterly a failure, or
else there is no truth in man or woman
The idea Of taking care Of the negroes by
such a bureau is essentially absurd. If
the entire interests of the colored race
were remanded, where they belong, to
the several States, there would be infin-
itely less suffering, vastly more productive
labor, more comfort, health and happiness
among them than there now is. To that
it must come before long. It is none
sense to talk about the people of the
South expressing the negroes. They will
be their best and kindest guardians.
Here, at the North, the white man neg
lects or III treats the negro. At the
South it is otherwise. It viii be in vain
for Northern people to undertake the
government of a Southern race in the
Southern States. Radical gentleman at
Washington must make up their minds
TO abandon the care of the negro, or see
him perish under their foolish systems
NelU York Journal Of Commerce.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

We believe it was Gov. HAMMOND, or
aoue other man Of extreme Southern
views IN South Carolina, who, very many
years ago, being gosded into rstort by
the d~enuncistions Of Southern slavehold-
ers by Northern fanatics, spoke Of labor
ing men at the North as the "mUd-sills
Of society" This expression was eve
accepted, even in South Carolina, as the
Interpretation Of the popular sentiment
even there, as regards the voca-
tons requiring LABOR. Most assUredly,
It net with no response in any Of the
Middle States Of Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, OF indeed among the
masses Of the people, in any Southern
State. There may, possibly, have been,
here and there, q "swell-headedn be
cause empty-headedN fool, who sneered
At Labor, as labor; but We under
take TO affirm that nowhere
IN the South, among gentlemen
with the rare exceptions mentioned
vas there ever, nor is there now, any
such sentiment Of contemptuOus looking
down upon labor, Of any sort simply as
labor. In Other words, we assert, and
challenge successful contradiction. that
there never was, and is not now, in
Southern society, any depreciation Of the
character Of men Of moral and intellect
Ual worth, on account Of their vocation
being one Of labor. On the other hand,
there never has been, and there is not
now, in Southern society, any Of that
agraris1, leveiing spirit Of demagogism,
which elevaJes simple, crude Labor, TO
Al equal rank in social consideration
with moral and intellectual worth when
combined with labor, or engaged in
some Of the other -av0cations Of life
not requiring manual labor for its
prosecution. In other words, and in
brieE. the real southern sentiment is, and
always has beea-with only such ex-
ceptions S. are parsueied by the wooden
nutmeg makers and vendors Of New
EnEIand-embOdied in the noble couplet |
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= - Memphis WeekIy 49,

~ The Memphis Weekly APPEAL,
containing, ia addition to n Of Bill
APPS most admirable letters, 6 summary
Of the weeks news, spicy and Interesting
reading matter, etc, etc, is issued this
morning, and may be bad at the count
ing o done up in strong wrappers
ready for mailing.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

BG- Several influential members Of the
Fenian order in Canada arrived in New
York on Saturday, and had an audience
with Head Center O'Mahony. They
protested against any movement upon
Their locality, and claimed that the APP
Pe&raAee Of Roberts and Sweeny there
was an injaFy 70 the usefulness Of the
brotherhood in that eoupt-y
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

The Reconstruction Committee
were again in session on Saturday
Among the constitutional amendments
which viii probably be reported eli an
early day is the following to which Mr..
Stevens alluded in his recent speech
"ARTIcLE- The Congress shall have
power to make all laws which shall be
necessary 10 secure 70 the citizens Of
each State all the privileges and immu-
mites of the c~itizensof the several States,
and to all persons in the several States
equalization in the rights Of life, liberty
and property
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

RE II expOsCulation against having
negro troops quartered upon our citizens
constitutes one Of the main features of
the disioyality Of the Memphis Press, it
We lSarn from the Savannah paper
1hal lonf companies Of the One Hundred
and Third United States colored moons
two from Fort Pulaski and two from
ThOmasville-have been ordered 10 Co
Iumbus, Ca, under the command of Col
B0gart. sorry they are not sent To
Columbus, Ohio. n-E1ch0nqe.
The troops above referred to. or some
of the same breed, arrived in this civ
Yesterday afternoon, and not content
with committing outrages upon the
property Of u citizens, added insult to-
injury by the use of biasphemous Ian
and threats of bodily injury.
Thursday night they visited several stores
IN the upper part Of the city, in squads,
with loaded muskets, and forcibly helped
themselves to whatever articles they de-
sired, and threatened, ia case Of refusal,
TO blow out the brains of the store keep
ers. WHAT we say is literally true, and
we are prepared TO substantiate our as
sertions by positive and reliable informa-
ton. God help the people Of Columbus
if their city is to be cursed by the pres
ence Of q lawless soldiery.-AuGsasa
lGo.) CoRst0uh0aakist.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

&~The New York Express, a very re-
liable Journal, says it firmly believes a
majority Of the Northern people feel
kindly toward the people Of the South,
and desire the instant admission Of their
re2ressntatives. And adds; 1T is the
majority in Congress, elected while the
war was still raging. representing the
war feeling Of that day, and hopelessly
fanaucaL who firmly resolved that the
Southern States shall not, as Tonga a they
can prevent It, participate in even the
pcsi trivial acts Of legislation"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

E@~ A man named Parker has been
found guilty on a preliminary examina-
ton before the Mayor of indianapolis,
Ind, of bigamy, and remanded to John
son county for trial, where the crime
was committed. His last wife, for swear
ing that she vas not married to Parker,
has been found guilty of perjury, and
similarly disposed Of, while her brother,
who made a false affidavit, to enable the
parties to obtain license, has also been
found guilty of the same o~ffense, and de-
livered over to the authorities of john
son county.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

~ Speaking Of the election Of A. H.
Stephens and Herschel V. johnson bv
the Georgia Legislature, to the United
States senate, the National Intelligence
saws ut were better for the Repuhlici if
men Of tEeir stamp Of politics in other
DAYS. aud Of their great and experienced
ability, were on the dO0r Of Congress, in
tie place Of so many who hold their
positions by the concert Of small poli-
ticians. and by caucus intrigue, bargain
1ng aud corruption"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

TLHE Arm Of A. P. Curry & Co. is this dav dis
L solved by mutual consent. Geo. d Plummer'z
interest having been purchased by e. S, Plum
mer. The same character of business will he
carried on ST the old stand, under the stvle and
1rm Of E. S. Piummer & Co.
a. P. CURRY.
GEO. ID. PLUMMFR.
Memphis, Feb. ?, 1886.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

~ Col Whittlesen, Assistant Com
missioner Of Freedmen for North Caro-
lima, testified at some length before the
Reconstruction Committee as 70 the con
dition Of affairs in that State. His evil
dence, on the whole, was unfavorable,
especially 50 far as the treatment Of the
freedmen by the resident population was
concerned.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

TUE undersigned, in retiring from .he firm OF
i A. p CURRY co, would return M
thanks to his friends for their liberal eneour-
agement to the late arm OF A. P, G. Co. ana
FLuMMER & CO. During ID 9 stav in the cirv
VIII remain with the new arIn. where I VIII
De glad TO see my friends.
ies-Iw GEO. D. PLUMMER.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
The raak is but the guinea stomp
The Mans the GOW-p. for e. hat

Notwithstanding this fact, the sting
ing sarcasm Of the pepery South Caro-
Ian has been used for years BY people
who knew better TO embirJer the people
Of the North against the people Of the
South. Demagogues and knaves, who
expected 70 ride into Office upon the lis
I1g tide Of sectional luminosity, first
spread the SANDER among the people I;
While demagogues and knaves who prob
ably do not know any better, have con-
tinued to repeat, up 70 this day, that il is
southern sentiment couuemptuOusly TO
regard all men who labor as mud
siIIs.n Among fools and simpletons,
this erroneous estimate Of the South still
sxerts its Influence. We hear it on all
sides, from people who are silly enough
70 believe IT, and have so little self
respect as to feel hurt by it; and there is
not to-day, perhaps, a more potent cause
Of animosity 70 the South with a certain
ignorant class at the North, than the be-
lief On their part that Southern gentlemen.
and ladies look upon them as mud
sils." The intelligent, cultivated, manly
men Of the North, who know their own
worth, and have too much conscious
pride Of character 10 care for it, even if
We Ii the South were silly enough TO en-
dorse such twaddle, know better; but IN
the North a. in the South. there are low,
grovsling natures who cannot rise 70 the
dignity Of AUST ~selfrespect, and who are,
consequently, jealously sensitive as to
what other people think or say Of them.
With such, the sting OF the fiery South
Caro1nsian's foolish sarcasm, ~stillrankles
and testers, keeping up bad blood; and
We have treated the subject with more
seriousness than il perhaps deserves, 70
disabuse their silly minds Of the unhappy
mistake under which they labor.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

"a The Military Commission at St.
Louis, lately presided over by Brevet
Brig.-Gen. Beveredge, Of the Seven
tenth Illinois Cavalry, has been dis
solved, by order Of Gen. Pope. The Off
GERS were ordered to be mustered out
some time ago.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

RA man named George Lilly was
killed in a drunken row in st. Louis on
Saturday. The murderer escaped. The
man charged with the crime is called
VIM. Hourahan.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
MARRIED.

MILES-WHAPLES-On Wednesday even
ing, February eth, in Memphis, at st. Peters
lCatholic) Church, by Rev. L. L Powers, Nh.
JOHN RHETr MILES TO Miss MARY E. wHAPLEs.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
Proposals..

Contractors and Builders
Are Advised that $50 on Every 500 can
be Saved in the purchase OF Window
Glass, Sash, Doors and Blinds, By aYalling
themselves Of the Unprecedented Lou
Prices established by the undersigned.
We have an Immense and Complete As
sOrtment. We purchase largely for Cash,
therefore we buy cheap. We sell Exclu-
slVely for Cash, hence we can afford to sell
Very Low. Parties desiring Goods in our
line can always obtain JHst what they
want, and Cheaper than il they send their
orders abroad and pay freight and incl.
dental expenses.
All are invited to Call and Price cur
Stock, and by comparison, will find that
our prices are net above Cincinnati or
Chicago. McWILLIAMS & CO.,
GreenIaH Block, 341 Second ST.
DARE Chance For Investment
For Satellite Whole or Part of a General
stock of DRY GOODS N NOTIONS, with the
privilege of an Unexpired Lease and Fixtures,
OF a well established Store, in a Central loca-
ton in the city, n doing one of the best retail
in Memphis. Address Lock Box $50,
Post Ofiee, Memphis, Tenn. fe7 Nv
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

E~ The Commissioner Of Customs at
Washington has information that parties
who were engaged during the war In
running the blockade are now smuggling
goods into Florida.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

H- The Cincinnati Enquirer says that
the COMMITTEES ~intrusted with the exam
nation Of the charges made by Gen.
Fisk, in that city, report that they are
not true.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

s-Two bills introduced by Mr.. Pos
ten we're passed by the Senate, one
authorizing the clerks Of the county and
circuit courts Of Shelby county to keep
offices in Memphis, and the other to
amend an act Incorporating the Mem
phis schools.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

81 The latest news from Spain isthat
Gen. Prim is going ahead. Instead Of
flying into Portugal, be is raising the
whole country in A~ndslusia, and is
marching with confidence upon Corcova
The belief is that Gen. Psim viii sue
coed.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

BT The Liverpool Post states that
Ellen a. O'Mahony has arrived in Dub
lin, from New York, as a Fenian embas-
sadress.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
HARDWARE.
DfssoLmtion Of Connrtnc,ahi,

Dissolution Of COpGrtsershjp
'VBE c~opartnership heretofore existing be-
4 tween A n. Wilcox, (. D. Lawrence and K.
:. Francis, under the name OF Lawrence. Wilcox
q Co., is this day dissolved by mutual consent
Mr.. Lawrence having Withdrawn. The bust
ness viii continue as Leretofore. uoJsr the
style Of A. n. Wilcox d Co.
L. d. LAWRENCE,
An. WILCOX,
Memphis, Feb. 5th. 1865. tes ne
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

B- It is stated that Wm. Wilson, i'm
plicated in a horse theft near Murfrees-
boro', Tenn, shot himself through the
heart to prevent capture.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

S~Twom men from Canada whoarrived
in Cincinnati recently TO better their for
tunes, were drugged and robbed in that
city on Saturday. One Of the youngmen
viii probably die. They had some three
hundred dollars.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

"a The Washington Republican Of
Saturday evening, a paper which has
ever maintained the extreme view Of
politics. very bitterly ~denoUnces the re-
cent speech Of Thaddeus Stevens, for its
attack upon the President.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

81 The artesian wells at Chicago, are
now discharging N and a quarter mil
Lon Of gallons per day of the purest
water. These wells are located near the
city limits-Rbout three miles from the
City Hall-are seven hundred feet deep,
and discharge al immense volume of
clear cold water. The water which rises
to the surface stands at ~ffty-seven
Fahrenheit.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

HA- Gen. Sprague, Assistant Commits
sioner of the Bureau for the States of
Missouri and Arkansas, has made his re-
port. He reports the feelings ofhostility
to the Government in the southern and
southwestern part OF Arkansas to be still
very intense. E. W. CAN'T gives it as
his candid opinion, that if the Freed
mems Bureau is not continued for some
time to come, Judging from his knowl-
edge of the people, freedmen will be
starved, murdered or forced into a condi-
ton far worse than slavery. Labor is in
great demand and high wages are being
offered in parts of Arkansas. There is
considerable suffering from poverty,
which is being relieved, says the report,
by the agents Of the Bureau as speedily
as possible.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

B-A resolution placing the Bank Of
Tennessee in liquidation, passed to its
second reading on Monday, in the Sen
ate Of Tennessee.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

n&But few pardOns were granted on
Saturday, although a large number are
ready for the signature Of the President,
and many more are in preparation.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

~ The Canadians, it appears, have
been cruelty hoaxed, and are most
shamefully scared. Their military are
up in arms, and the people are fleeing
from the frontier to the interior, and yet
not one armed Fenian has been seen.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
~ A New York dispatch, dated the

~ A New York dispatch, dated the
third instant. says;
"Rev. Dr. Dix, of Trinity Church, son
Of Gen. Dix, wrote a work called THE
Seven Canonical Hours ~favoring the
leading devotions Of Catholics, which
threatens to cause schisnas in the Episco-
pal community. IL was condemned to-
day by Drs. Tying and John Cotton
smith, and Bishop Potter Is TO be called
on TO suppress this book; and the recent
pastoral Of Bishop Potter promises to
widen the breach betwecn the high and
low church sections Of Episcopacy
there"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

E On Saturday the Freedmeu's Bu-
reaU al Washington received from cit-
zens in Birmingham, England. through
our Consul at that point, a box Of cloth
ing valued at four thousand dollars,
which was donated FOR the benefit Of
American freedmen.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
Dissolution Of Partaersh50.

THE partnership heretofore existing u der the
i style OF J, II. Mendelar & Co. mas been dis
solved this day. Parties indebted II. me Arm
viii settle their accounts with J. By andenhur
q Co, S5 Main street, or &c Madison street
j. h. MENDELAR 20.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

81 An act TO prevent clsndestine
marriages is pending IN the P~ennsylva-
MIA Legislature.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

~ Nearly s1 the Pitusburg, Penn,
manufactures are closed on account Of a
prolonged strike on the partof the work
nan
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

81 IN the case Of A T. Stewart,
against Richard Colourn and George
Knapp, for libel. mentioces I'M our dis
patches, the examination was waived.
CoI5Urn is admitted 10 bail for five hun
cred dollar KnsPp gave bail for one
thousand dollars 70 appear for examina-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
MEMPHIS APPEAL
NJ Z M HIS.
THURSDAY. .,...FEsRUART $, Isee.

"a Correspondents must bear in mind
the rule Of writing on one side only Of
the sheet In order to enable us 10 make
use q their favnrs.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

EA man, whose wife had aban-
doned him two years ago taking with
her two children, blew his brains out on
Saturday, in st. Louis.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

nr Col Gilbert ison his. way to Little
Rock, Ark, TO take command Of thepost
there
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

"a Two drunken men appear to have
entered a house in Nashville by mistake.
They were fired at threeor four times by
the inmates. One shot was fired in re-
turn by which CIaiborn Duvau, a Iodger
in the house, was killed.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

~ Il l. related that Senator sumner
callei on President johnson a few days
since, and, among other grounds for the
aPprehecsions with which be was op-
pressed referred to the fact that in the
South they continue 70 denoUnce the
Union. The PRESIDENT is reported 70 have
replied And as for denouncing the
Unicn l am very sorry % say that's
true 70 great extent IN the South, but
you know they've been doing il in Mas
.s-husstts too
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

"a A special dispatch from st. Paul,
Iowa, says a bill passed the Senate to
allow Ramsey county to issue fifty thou
sand dollars worth Of bonds for the pur-
pose Of building a free bridge across the
Mississippi above Fort Smelling.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

"a John Jacob AstOr, jr., has been sp-
pointed a director Of the National Bank
Of Commerce Of New York.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

B- Letters from Vera Cruz say that
Gen Forrest had left that city for
Alvarado.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

R~ The largest assembly known in a
long time called on the President on
Saturday. All the halls were thronged.
Among those who obtained an interview
were Gov. Parsons, Of Alabama, and
Senators Norton, Brown, and Lane, Of
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

So A special to the New York CON-
mercial says Gen. Lee is in Georgetown,
Va, in quest Of his former ward, the wife
Of the Spanish Secretary Of Legation.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

~ Washington correspondent, who
must be badly OF for news, writes :
The COMMITTEES on Redistribution is
idling sway It's time over foolish propo-
si1Oas and debates, and is not likely 70
do anything before Spring sets IN.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
NOTICE
Dissolution

J. y. Mendelar, who has been in our snplov
for the last few years, has nothing 10 do with
assets must be settled with
fe8 lW J. BRANDFNRTTRG 9 IN
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08

IA Gen. Reed, late Of the Confede-
rate army, arrested for treason, appeared
at Louisville, and gave ten thousand dol
lars bonds for his appearance. He has a
full pardon from the President.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
FUNERAL NOTICE.

sHWEITZER-The funeral OF the late PAUL
me sHwETTzEE viii take place from the resi-
dence of her brO~ther-in-law, Henry Gutenberg
81 Washington street, this morning al 10 o'clock
Carriages in waiting.