Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-13

I A'A 81" AE INV III 70 ~ Vii AAA -AN'A
Der of the Confederate Congress, and for
merly colonel of a Mississippi regiment,
has removed his residence from Chicka-
saw county TO Columbus, where he is en-
gagged in the practice Of law with Judge
Richard Evans.
re- The san Francisco Flag has sd-
vices from Fort Masda, New Mexico,
stating that the Imperial Commander at
/ Nagdalena, Lonora, with a band of In
| dams. seized a freight tain belonging TO
American citizens and prohibited fur
ther transportation.
~ The Senate has confirmed the
nominations Of the following postmas-
.ers: George T. MARROW, Selma, Ala.
John $. Peterman, Milton, Pa. Emmer-
son /. Meek, Marysville, Cal. Andrew
~Sagendorf, Denver, Colorado; lessee
Schriever, Tifiin, O.; James /. Mellow
ell, Leavenworth, Kansas.
"a A letter from Searcy, Ark, says
The people In that section are as hopeful
rs could be expected, EATER emerging
from a four wears war into a state of
vassaIage." We are thankful that the
authorities ALLOW them to breathe the
air Of heaven and enjoy the light Of the
sun"
~The Vicksburg Herald Of the 9Th
SAYS "trade in human flesh isvery brisk
there just now. "The colored regiments
are being mustered ont, and any quantity
Of hands can be purchased from their late
officers, at prices varying from five to
twenty-hved dollars, according quality
~ The New York World says the
r~adicaisare industriously circulatingo over
the country under franked envelopes,
and upon the telegraph wires TO the press,
the most ingenious and envenOmed
ISLANDERS which bafled rage and ranking
malignity can devise.
81 We learn from the Richmond
Wing that Colonel Burton Y. Harrison,
Prive Secretary of Ir. Davis while act
ing as PresidcntO of the Confederate States,
has been released from imprisonment by
order of President johnson. He is en-
route to Georgia to visit Mrs. Davis, who
has recently received permission to so to
Canada, where her children are.
~ a gentleman writing to a friend
ofours, from HaIlettsville, Tevas, says
The prospects so far arc fne for q crop.
Z E-o--L.a- -r-,,,s,r -5II ,B1,,+ o,++,r,
believing that it VIII be worth Il dollar
per pound. Tam afraid the corn crop
viii be neglected, and in the fall it viii
be SO high that immigrants cannot pur-
chase it at less than one dollar per
bushel. %
E-To encourage exertion among left
handed soldiers, a gentleman Of New
York some time since appropriated one
thousand dollars to be distributed in pre-
miums among soldiers and sailors of the
late war, for the best specimens Of PEN
manship executed by the left hand. A
COMMITTEES of vestigation was appointed
to examine the various efforts Of the
competitors. No less than twenty-eight
prizes were granted.
81 The ma.querading season in New
York city closed on the 5th. The Herald
says the bal D1asque given 10y the Ger
man Fidelia Society was d Of the most
original and drou affairs of the kind.
There appeared in the ballroom, among
others, persons representing negroes,
Ir:shmen, organ grinders, bear drivers,
and other curi0usI looking characters, who
/ engaged in a series of grotesque proceed
ings. Their pranks We're OF a most enter
tanning character. Other characters ap-
pearei in splendid costumes, represent
ing courtiers and noblemen Of the past
and present.
IA Mr.. Henry C. Lawrence, agent Of
the Freedmen's Bureau at Fayetteville,
y. c., in a letter published in the New
York Ne1os, comes to the sensible conclu-
sion that t~oeOntinue the Bureau after the
States have given the blacks their rights,
is the very reverse of sound policy. at
wiz" he SAYS, "engsnder hatred toward
the blacks on the part Of the whites as a
favored class to whom extra legal pro-
lection is given by the Federal Govern
crnment-hatred towardt the Government
itself, which, by this system, ~pronounces
the people regardless OF justice, and
brands courts and bar and juries, in ad-
vance, as ready perjurers."
~ The House judiciary Committee,
has agreed to report a bill to restore pos
session Of all lands c~0nfscated by author
tiles lately in rebellion. It provides that
whenever any citizen may have been
iispossessed Of any lands OF tenements
belonging 10 him or her within any Of
said States, 10y an order proceeding from,
OF q decreeof, those States on h eground
1f his or her adherence to the Union, OF
their failure to aid or support those
States, it shall be the duty of the Presi-
dent or the commanding officer Of the
national forces stationed within the par
ticular State, ION all the facts being set
forth, TO restore said property to the
aggrieved parties.
a This week a number Of Conserva-
tive Western Corgressmen, disliking the
resolution reported by the Joint Commit
tee in relation to the representation Of
Tennessee, have agreed on the following
resolutions, which they viii urge as a sub
stifute for the u reported by the COM
mittee:
Ecl3,rea. Bythe senate and House Of Repre-
sgutltIges, That, whereas, tue people Of Ten
usasee baveIaade knoWn 10 Inc Congress ofthe
United States the desire That the constitutional
relations herelOlors existing between them and
and did. on the 2d dag Of February, 800, ny =
large popalar vote adopt ana railIy a gonslltN-
lion and Government republican Ia f0rmt anu
not Inconsistent with tie Consultation and laws
Of the United States, ana a State Government
thereof, which said provisions and the laws
passed i'm p-ur-lauce thereof denote loyalty 70 I
ihe Ion tno sheteas' me people OF Iennes
aLe louDc 20 ~ ma couaiI'n 70 eAerel%
the fancLons OF q State within the Union
Es5lea. That The STATE OF Tennessee s hereby
declared to be fully restored 20 is unconstitutional
relations with the United States, ara entitled 10
Ye represented ia Consle4 ON the same footing
Of other States.
az suit was Instituted in the United
States District Court Of New York by
the Government for the condemnation
Of $50 600 worth Of cotton. IL appears
that B. Caymari and one Fausta Mora
were in 1853, and prior to that year en-
gagged in business in New York. These
parties arranged for the freighting Of
merchandise to the Rio Grande and the
disposal OF it to Condolences, getting
cotton in exchange, which they were to
sell in New York. In the month Of
March, 1868, Caymari entered into bonds
with the Collector OF the Port in the sum
Of $4,000 that certain merchandise
shipped By him in the Sarah March
should be landedin Mexieo, ard shonlJ not
reach Confederate territory. Mora was
one of the sureties 20 this bond. 1ba
vessel sailed for Matamoras with an as
sorted cargo belonging to Mr.. CaymarL
aad consisting for the most part Of pro-
visions. The evidence adduced on the
mart Of the Government went TO chow
fhak. notwithstanding the bono, thecargo
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