Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-25
RuEeeIl and gIadtf-r

Ioo5-65-. S3S,l73.s SIS. Russell and Gladstone.
The will Of the late Edwin A. Stevens
bequeathes nearly twenty-five millions c. dol
las Two public schO0l-houssS in Hobeke are
bRquesthed 20 the city, and tx hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for the erection qcd
maintenance OF neutrality-suspicious., is do
mated. The Stevens battery, for the composition
OF which one million OF dollars is donated, is 10
be presented 10 the state Of New jersey. The
rest Of the property falls TO the widow and chill
dren.
All sorts Of electioneering tricks were
resorted toin the political campaign in Name,
generally good insured, and some decidedly
original. TIE Democrats, for instance, creased
The rails on The n Railroad to prevent
the Portland Republicans from getting up to
the big Republican demonstration 81 Augusta
in season. The Republicans, however, chaIked
their " heels and went ahead. This trick, We
believe, was in retaliation for one played OF
by the Republicans in detaching a train Of
Democrats from Their engine IN a way TO cause
sperplexing break OF connection with The PEN
dietOn nesting at Bangor.
The Cincinnati Commercial, Of the 22d
inst, says: TIE stables Of running horses be-
longing 10 Messrs Richards, GIigsbY, West, XII
gour, Ford, and shy, we're to have LEFT Lexing-
ton yesterday, for this point, TO stake stalls ont
at the Buckeye track, preparatory 10 the grand
fail meeting IN running rsces, that is TO com
meuCc LuEEE on the 2DLQ. and continue five
days. All over the couRtry tbs races this year
have been quite interesting, and haveattrsc,ed
large attendance. There IS no good reason why
those al tue Buckeye track should not he
equally successful, in caSs cur own people give
them a fair share OF patronage, The Bucksva
Clue, with It's usual Hberalty aad entelpriSe
o1ers handE1me Inducements, IN lace Of lis ex-
perienIe IN tue psst, which has not been fat.
tering.
A young and ono handsome "upfor-
tunate was arrested a night or two since IN
New York, for street walking and drunken
ness. She had been locked in her cell bnt bal,
an hour, when she was fO1ad hanging bv H. ]
neck aud dead, having fashioned n rope from
the skirt OF her dress. Ia the same prison was
another o unfortunate" who witnessed H. s,t-
eide, her dying spasns, Rlaring eyes and univ
ering form, and irenzed by the sizht. kbs aIso
sought relief nom her misery In death. WIN
her apron string she made a moose for her pecr
and attaching the other end 10 the bars ~ baI
cell, she threw herself forward a. the other la 4
done; but the effort failed, ana she wr,,1oJ
and struggled In Intense agony until cut dow,
by the turnkey. And that was the seem AM
ing one evening only in the stationhouse.
The news from Japan is again highly
important. The Northern D4imios who -
port the cause Of the ex-Tycoon stotsbssb,
against The young Aisalo, or rather sgsinst
the Southern Daimios, wnO ha 7e complets CO.
trol OF the young MlSado, have aprointe5 !
new Mikado. This measure has spread 49,
among tie Southern parry, who now desirs ~
Young Mikado to abdicats-adyics whfch a. -
said will be accepted. The brother OF thsav-
Tycoon, who hss been educated in Paris bos
succeeded his father a. Prince OF Milo ana nil
thus become one u the chiefs Of the korfbsrn
party. He, OF course. fully shares the friendlv
sentiments Of his brothers toward foreiznars
The Sou.hern party has lost one Of its most
powerful members by the defecilon OF Prince
Toss. All this indicates that the Northern par
~ Is on the point Of obtaining a complete sue
cess, an even: which would be hailed by the
civilized word with delight.
Mr.. John Seton, long and wOrtbily
known as an actor, died in New York city. on
Saturday last. the 18th ins., at the age Of SO
years Mr.. SETON was an Englishman by birth,
but an American by long residence in this
country. HIS first appearance on the American
stage was ma e in Philadelphia. more than a
generation sgo- His hTst great hit was made as
Jenny Ttoacher, IN the The Golden Farmer: .
and with that character his name Will always
be Gssocsted, IN stage history. He had clear
perception lor p6cuiiariues o. character. and
nne xiii in thinning them, ana he could, when
he choose, exert the charm OF unciaous humor
In manners Mr. SETON was particularly ~eenisI.l
while his many gOod-natured oddities OF tenn
permanent made MIN a very interesting social
He leaves & wife and daughter
both sctresses-and be leaves many Eorrowipg