Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-14
GFNERAL NEWS ITEMS.


The result Of registration In South
Carolina ia stated to be as follows
Whole number registered, lZ5,3Soi
whites, 1871; blacks, 1855; msjority
of blacks, 80 S34
The Heraldrs correspondent, who
has been travelling through Southwest
eru VirplRia, says every negro cabin
contains q rife or revolver, and in the
deserted churches, barns and schooi-
houses, the negroes are nightly drilled
with guards mounted, to prevent intru-
sion and discovery.
The report Of Gen. Grant in answer
to the inquiry Of the President as to what
number Of troops are stationed within
the department Of Washington, shows
that che whole force amounts TO but
little over 1909 men, all told, IN the
States of MARYLAND and Delaware, the
District of Columbia, and two counties
in Virginia.
The Assistant Secretary of the lnte-
rior has decided relative to the provision
of the Act of June 9, 1855, which gives
a pension to the dependent fathers or
soldiers and sailors who have died OF
diseases incurred or wounds or Injuries
reeeived. to the line Of duty in the SER
vice of the United States, that when the
mother survives the soldier the fsther
cannot claim, under the law, the pension.
The Executive Committee of the
Conservative party of Virginia has called
a Convention to meet on the 18th OF De-
cembeF to effect an organization through
out the State. The call is issued IN re-
sponse to the wish of the press and people
of the State, snd there is no doubt II VIII
be responded to by the people OF the
entire State, and the very best men VIII
be sent up as delegates, and an organl l.
cation effected which viii successfully
oppose the Hunnieutt hsdlcals' -,
The Bennettsville Is. c. journal
saws, The fall term of the Court OF Com
| mon Pless for Marlboro di7trict, now in
session. convened last Monday, His
Honor Judge Glover presiding. La ae-
| cordauee with general orders, new jury
| was ippanneled on Monday. Two ne
groes who had paid their taxes were
| chosen. but as soon rs they heard OF the
fact thew left for parts unknown, one go
] ing towards the North Carolina line, and
| the other taking the swamp.
/ The New York Tribune OF the lth
/ inst. comes out strongly for Chase fol
| President and against Grant IL says
81 Gen, Grant we esteem by no means 9
| 0reat man, nor even a great General
| The war being over, we can no longer
carry elections by reading bulletins ol
ITniOn victories, and eXhorting the peo-
Die to rally around the flag, ana those
! vVbo are pushing Gen. Grant for Presi-
! dent viii land jUst where the Whigs die
with Scott in 1852, il they are allowed
10 have their own way. They utterly
Tnistake the time OF day"
The HeTdIdis Mobile special says th'
| Alabama Convention did very LITTLE
today. RussieT, a Colored delegate
offered A resolution that the Convention
rnpmorialiZe Congress toTemOve all dis
/ abilities from such disfrsnchlsed citizens
of Alsbsna who aided in the reconstruc
lion of the State proposed by Congress
but il was laid on the table. A resolu
lion that the Convention memofiaiis
Congress 10 remove the tax on cotton
was adopted. Gen. Pope was presen
during most of the session. he wa
introduced to the Convention, and mad
8 brief speech, and congratulated TN
delegates on their success in the lat
campaign, and while he disclaimed an!
purpose Of debating what they shoul'
10. he thought he might advise them L
observe moderation IN council anu o
temperate in action
Diekinson,s lecture on Idiots and Wo
men, y that It's chief faults are - an illogl
cal hrraugement, a want Of novelty L
argument, and of force in answerin
honest arguments on the other SIDE, a
of which were carefully evaded." her
il a choice extract from the lecture,
reported by the Advertiser: " FrlVolou
and siIly women, for there were fe'
such. were made by God Almighty
= match some men! Her measure for
man was his estimation Of woman.
man goes about with his siEinch lin
and drops his little plummet into th
natures Of the women around him. &n
. thinks he has touched bottom, when q
has only skinned the surface"
. In England, during the past thirty
? three wears, 1854 persons have been ser
3 tencad to death, 66S Of them for murde
. and the balance for other crimes thi
I we're a few years ago punished in thi
] country with death. The greatest anuui
- nuuber of sentences for murder wa
e thirtv-one. in 1856, and the smallest va
S nine in 1898. Since 1862 only murd'
I hss been punished with death in Eng
D land and Of the above reported deaf
4 sentences but a comparatively small pr
l portion have been executed.
7 "A London paper says the piaLe
, Windsor Castle, for the use OF her Ma
o estv and the court, " weighs nearly thiri
!. tom. and that its value may be rOughl
estimated at ga, 100000. II is secured
- stone chambers with vaulted ceiling
which form part of theoriginal building
!, and are thoroughly prcofagainst burglar
n Among the plate Is single dish, not
u silver gilt. but Of solid gold, msde
J. order OF George ", and representing
y the orders, both domestic and ioTelg
' which that sovereign wore, OF was enl
T tied to wear; it isestimated at 2SOJ
0 Grand and magnificent as the assortmei
9 Of plate is, our readers will be astoulsh'
., to hear that very little Of II indeed
;, Old or curious, most Of the plate used
q former sovereigus having been meltt
q down and remodelled by George ~
T very much Of it consequently, is TaWdl
n and rococo, as might naturally be e!
: pected from the author Of the Pavilion