Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-27

The Southern Standard says on tht
18th: The Helena Shield, which has 70
some time past been between hawk ant
buzzard," has at last gone over to th,
buzzsrds, "body, boots and breeches. ,
Goodbye Shield. May the Angel o
Mercy shield you from the destruction
which you are inviting on yourself.
"A little girl was SO badly burned a
the plantation of Mr.. Devasier, hel
clothes taking fire from a burning log
near which she was standing, as to cause
great fears that she could not survive
Before the flames could be extinguished
her body and arms were crisped.
The Little Rock Gazette of the 22d
says: 1.-THE disreputable character oi
the Radical party of Arkansas, is fairly
illustrated in the publication OF a wilful
forgery which purpOrts to be copy
from the journals of the Convention, in
tended to have political effect. For the
publication Of this fabricated copy in
the pamphlet containing the Canstitu-
tion, the people are to pay. The forgery
of the address of the twenty-five IT
the last election, is mild offence cobn-
pared to this disreputable act. Can
honest men SUPPORT any such partyT'
The Fort Smith Herald Of the 18th
says this is reliable, as it comes from good
authority: "Since the publication OF
the news furnished us by DR.. ReagIes,
pOst-surgeon Of Fort Arbuckle, and
since he left that place, there has been
another raid into the Chiekasaw coun-
try. We learn that some time last week
Q band Of wild Indians went to the house
Of Overton Love, ChiekRsaw, living
on Red River, about twenty miles from
Fort ArbuckIe, and killed him and all his
family"
AT meeting of the Democratic Club
at Fort Smith, on the 18th inst, Capt.
Pratt, of Greenwood, being present, was
called on, and, as the Herald expresses
it, "made speech replete with good
humor and good hard sense" in the
course Of which "he opposed negro
suffrage and negro supremacy, and re-
marked that he little dreamed when he
was fighting for the Union cause, he was
fighting to place negroes in power, and
make them lawmakers for white men.
He said the former Federal soldiers ut
terly repudiated anything like this, and
when the time come, would be found
acting with the white mans party. He
also stated, that in travelling over some
eight or nine counties, recently, he had
seen but two men who indorsed the re-
cent acts of Congress, and one of them
was a man who had been on all sides,
and who was now scorned by everybody.
and the other was man who held three
offices under the present regime. Both
of these deleetaOle aegro-worshippers re-
side in Scott county"
The Little Rock Gazette gives the
interesting railroad news: We
are gratified to learn from Mai. G. P. c..
of the engineering depart
ment of the Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad, that the work thereon is pro-
crossing well. The grading of the road
is completed to point twelve miles west
of Madison on the st. Francis. There
are sufficient ties now out, about twenty
five thousand, with which to begin track
laying, and All ample force employed to
furnish others for the whole road as fast
as they will be needed. The timbers for
the trestle work and bridging at Crow
creek and other smaller streams is being
to be set up, 1t is contemplated
to begin track laying as soon as iron can
be brought up the ST. Francis, and the
grading aud track laying will be pushed
forward together. The work on the east
ern diyisiQn has been pushed very slowly
but an additional force has been
put on, and that portion of the road will
be ready for the trains by the lst Of May
next. We learn from other sources that
on the 1st of May daily line of commu-
nication will be established between our
city and Memphis. A line OF stages will
connect the terminus OF the road with
whence the route will be by
boat to Devall's Bluff. 1t is expected
that thF tihls between the two polnLs
will not be greater than twenty hours,
and most probably several hours less. 1t
may be set down as certain now that
the Memphis road has fallen into the
hands of capitalist-Mr. Willis Gay
loTd-Who will build it.