Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-01
THE CAREER OF a MAN ABOUT
TOWN

I The death Of Gen Charretie, in Lon
/ don. in his eightv-third wear, has fur
nished plenty of table talk in ST. James
street and Pal Man. Reared in a loose
I sch00l-that Of thirty years ago-the
I General shared in al the sports and pas
t times Of the watering places. In all
manly pursuits he eXcelled, being q dead
shot, a bold rider a still bOlder better, a
clever poet, and a skiHful musician. As
a companion none could be more anus
/ ing, and his sang JFOid was amazing.
Once when shooting in HeTtfoTdshire,
( where he had hired a manor, he tres
passed on the estate Of a deceased noble
man. The keeper demonstrated with
him in vain, and at last one morning,
while out with his master, he heard the
( General blazing away at the pheasa8ts
in an adjoining cover, and directed his
lOrdsRip's attention to him. The latter
naturally irritated beyond measure at the
occurrence, desired his keeper b go and
turn him of, and shoot one Of his dogs,
and added, as he was hurrying away %
obey him A." Here, you had better take
my pony, and then yOu viii get back
quicker" " And he handed to him, at
the same time, a very favOrite shooting
pony, for which he would not have taken
any money. The keeper, cantering away
on him, soon came up with the general,
and told him 20 cease firing, for If he did
not he should have 10 kill one Of his dogs
by his lordship's orders. " Very well, -
replied the general, " one OF my dogs is
an old one and the other a young one:
you had better shoot the oldest; but
mind, If YOU DO, ! shoot your pony and,
as I am not sure where my manor fin
ishes, ] don't see why I should 90 away"
The keeper, rendered more irate than
ever by this cool speech, she. the dog in
simultaneously; but DeTOre he could turn
round, the treasure OF pony was only
n for the next kennel, Then addressing
the terrified GeePer, ne said "Tf YOU
. shoot again, the next barrel is for YOUR
self.' But the servant would not stop 10
listen TO anything else, and took 10 his
heels 70 tell his master, who could not
understand has not riding back on the
pony and was Mortified at his fate, Be
fore, however, he could adopt IN his own
mind what course he should adopt to-
wards tLa General, he was still more sur
prlsed at receiving a challenge from the
General for the insult that had been OF
tered him by the shooting Of his setter
or course the noble lord" did not accept
il, for the fame Of his antagonist had
reached him but, 20 prevent further an
.
affair IN time blew over.
Among oEheg Ratursi advantages the
GenArs. was gifted with an eZtraOrdi-
nary memory and few years oack, for
q large bet, he related the whole contents
Of the Morning Poet, from thedate 10 the
publishers name, without making sin
gle error, He was great lover OF
Shakespeare, and far beyond the average
stamp Of amateurs who interpreted him.
The turf, billiards, or pigeon sweep
stake, he loved. He showed no mercy
to a Derby faverite which he did not
like; and he had In his time some mirsc-
ulous escapes. Gorbambury was the
3 only race horse he ever owned, and with
{ him, who started at one thousand 70 IF
[ teen, he ran second TO Cornerstone, best
/ ing Gaper, British Eeoman aud a nun
| Der Of good horses ald had be won. he
remarked there would lave been corn
ia Egypt
TIE JOHNSON PARTY III NEW YoRK.
The johnson meeting In New York on
I thursday night last was, from all teie-
graphic accounts, magnificent affair.
I The following is the call, which was
signed by thousands in a brief time:
"Ihe citizens Of Nev York. who sus-
tained the national authority in the war
against the rebellion, who approved of
I the general principles announced bv the
President IA his annual message TO Con-
Z gress, and also in his recent veto mes
sage, and who earnestly desire to pro-
I mote harmony ia the public councils Of
I the country, 70 the end that full c0usti-
/ tuiional relations between the Federal
/ Government and all the States in the
Union may be speedily established, are
I invited TO assemble at the Cooper Insti-
Z uute on Thursday evening, I'D Instant,
al 1880 O'Clock"
Among the announcements BY the
/ Committee Of Speakers for the occasion,
we notice the name Of Gov. Oglesby, Of
Illinois. The call was signed by Viii
! liam G. Bryant Of the New York EDe-
! ming Post George Opdyke, Simeon Dra-
{ per Abraham Wakeman, David Dudley
I Field, Moses +. Odell Daniel s. Dickin-
I son, and great many others who have
been prominent IN the Republican party.
BS- An effort is being made N Con-
I gress to have the Government establish
I hnes Of telegraph which shall, like the
\ post Office, be controlled bv the authori-
] Ties at Washington. The theory upon
which It is urged is very plausible, but
aside from the milliona already invested
! ia telegraplla DN the people, VINO would
suffer materially by such competition,
( the principle is foreign 10 OUr institu-
tons. Ii would be almost fatal 10 IT,,
/ enterprise OF the press, and the sd,-sT-
/ tages would not compensarA FOR MANY
evils which wOulg alniest necessarily
{ grow out Of the control being placed IN
! tie hands OF Government officials
kz7- The American consul at Malta re-
ports 10 the Departments Of State, under
date Of January fifteenth. that the chOl-
era has not permanently abandoned the
/ island. Although no new cases OF the
disease have occurred for some time, yet
the malady left a numberof severe cases
E Of dysentery and typhoid fever from
which the English and Maltese physi-
clans incline 70 the belief hat the dis
ease viii again make its appearance there
10 the spring.