Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-29

that the decision OF Thursday amounts To En
acknowledgement that sll the Judg 71snts in
tie foregoing action were pronounced by
courts without jurisdiction.
Toe New Orleans Times Of Thursday
announces the death OF one OF the OidSt
Numbers o. the press of that city, fJr the last
twenty-six yeals actively engaged IN the prac-
tics OF his profession, Mr. Henry T. Bro"6-,
who was q nHtive Of Eagland ana eommen ed
life as & barrisser in that country afterwards
coming to the Unted S etes be s%ulis.ei, sad
j took part in he .oriOs war, and CT one coca
fsion was lett for dead on the field For these
services he was awarded q position by the Gov
eminent, Ehica was continued uninterrupted
~ 70 the time OF his death. Il was the boastof
Mr.. Brooke that he had labOTed upon every
paper publ he'd IN New Orleans since Is42,
gnen, he commenced hts newspaper career
upon the TroPic. His last connection was with
tne T9mc1, hut falling health caused him 10 ir-
ternit andsdnAliy reiLqui>h his labcrs several
months $50, his lsst contribution b=iis q re-
port Of yacht race which took place last
summer.
AS has already beer announced, the
bon. waddy thompson, formerly a disIia-
guished mebl Der OF Congress from : 18th Caro-
ina, died at Tallahassee, Fla, lest MOnoay.
Iii. Thompson was born on the Sth OF Sepsem-
Der, I-9s, at Pickensvile, s, q, o higuly re-
/ spectsble and sfnuent parents he was edU-
Gated st the South Carolina Col exc, a. which
1 ne ErauGQlG4 N 1911 AuQ GAtE1 Hkuu4AuE ne &C.
gal profession for over four ears was admitted
TO the bar in 1919. Entering into political life.
the deceased was successfully member OF the
Legislature Of his nativs state, q member Of
Congress and Min ct TO Mexico. Al the Lime
Of his demise he was in the seventy-niEt year
| OF his age, and with his death another OF the
prominent Southern politicians Of The Calhoun
era has passed away.
The following are the grand officers
elect oftke Grand Lodge ofArkansss.A A. r. and
A NJ, for the ensuing twelve mOnths: g. W.,
E. II. Eugish. Grand Master; p W., sam. W.
Williams, Grand Lecturer; r. W, David Sieh-
OILS, Grand Orator; K W, JshE Hi, Grind
Senior Warden p. W. NJ, W. Locke, Grand
| Junior Warden; Z. W, y. Rlochsr, Gran
Secretary r. w, R. L. Dodge, Grand Treasurer;
Brother L. H. Roots, Graud Senior Deacon;
| Bro. II. MeCallum, Grand junior Deacon; Bro.
Tbos. r. Welsh, Grand Chaplain; Bro. q. Nc
I CowGn, Grand Marshal Bro. Charles zaatcrO-
wicz, Grand Pursuviant; Bro. 81 Cameron,
Grand sword Bearer; Bros. Isaac G. kicks and
Chasl W. Belknap, Grand Stewards; Bro. LAS.
Tunnsh, Grand Tyler.
1t has been suggested that one OF toe
reforms OF society in which the female clubs
can lend powerful aid, is the Observance OF
early hours 81 social gatherings, parties and
balls. At public balls, the season for which Is
now commencing, the dancing does not begin
much before 10 O'Clock, and consequently the
VEIN II B1NA1hSNA Kill AOaE u = g El-Ah
in the moraing Hence, on the next day, tie
participants in what should be an amusing re-
taxation are entirely unfit for business. Or even
for the lighter tasks of home. Hsadachos. ger.
eral depression ana unstruDE nerves. are the
result Of ente. tainmenJs whlca become cisSira
tons. After midnight every party-goer should
be al homo.
Two very great people we're lately bu-
ried on the sams dsy in E~agisnd-the Duchess
nF Sutherland ar4 thu AruA1FgL,, 90 E-ne.r
bury. The chief mournsrs over the der OF the
Duchess vera ths Prince OF Wales and Losd
BagOt a. proxy for the Queen, and the pau was
borne by the lordliest Of the lords and the
knignuiest OF the knights. The arehiepiscoTGI
obs quies were without p9mp, and the body
OF the deceased prelats was deposited IN the
burial ground Of the parish ehulch Of Adding
ton. The Queen did not attend, even vioa-
riOusiy, but the Prince OF Wales, Being unable
TO assist a. tTo funerals st once, graciously sent
Gen. Rnollys 70 represent him..
The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
reports thai the number OF Indians row
within the bounds of The United states. *
elusive OF those iG AlasEa q, is about 10000. He
states thst the Cheyenne and Arapshoes have
clearly violated Their treaty promise, made
scarcely a year ago 20 the commits onsrs
sent TO treat with them. II is d til
calt 10 sceOont Tor their bad behavior on
any other ground than their innate love OF
pAuAucE anu lNFcE &c u0uEt & IefllnE OF dis
satisfaction, caused. it is presumed, by tho pou-
delivery Of guns and ammunition pr missed
them By the commissioner, bat withheld De-
cause the Chsyennes have not kept peace.
At the recent Womsn's Suffrage Con
veutiou in Boston, Senator Wilson stated that.
under the fouTt enth article the a-msndmanDl
OF the Constitution Of the United < stes. he
" uld have no hesitation IN voting fr an act
OF Congress 70 gtve the cOiOEed men II every
State EnF right 10 vote Ha aHmaa sr v.va
that as many persons did lot Pace This con
structlon upon the fourteenth article. thfsa
would h2vs 70 be another amendment frb-
miIted. In bz opinion, the CJnstiiu ION could
be so amended, that ths rght of tuH,.se, IN
six or eight months, Will be tee1red To the col
Ored men ali over the land.
The falling off during the last two
years in the sttenoapcs at the common sci oals
Of New England, IL Is asserted, Il not 10 be a
rrIb ted 10 q neg'ect Of education OF to mis-
tskesin the returns, bnt TO al ec.usl decrease
in the Number ef children. II is atst-d That
forty year. ego tea children in q family we're
very frequently observed, q at The average
number OF The offspring OF parents aged Holty-
i've, was seven. Nov, however. the aver, zs IS |
only four. IN many towns the deaths sxeeei
the births, aud only the immsgTsii ion o. for
elgners KEEPS mp the geaeTsi standard OF the
population
The New York Evening Post ssys
The extension OF the Sc ms, Rome and Dalton
Railroad TO Rome, Ga. where It connects with
The lines OF railroad TO tbs NORTH, and TO
Charleston and Savannah, wss rompiale, n,
tina Slst OF October, and cotton is now FOR
wsrded direct nom Selms, Ala, TO New York
by way OF Charleston, and Genus thr.ushfu
eight Gays, diminishing ~ about ons-hs I the
time previously required.
Mr.. +. t. kiCgmsn, Of Washington
the well known " Ion, In former yesrs. OF tha
Journal Of trlHercs, Baltimore Ss1. Charles.
ton Courier, and other journals OF bign charac
tsT, has recently rsturned from EaslaBd He
IS aEsnltmaD OF great s9gRcity, ana has lons
been familiar with questions Be-:a ming Ia c.T
foreigo relations Mr.. Kingman expreSs-s tbe
opinion that Mr.. Rsverdy Johnson has r-p-
dsred this eJnotry great service by his spseches
Ia England, and - confident he viii De aide 70
bring the Aiseama claims to speedy settle
menL
Mr.. Pearson Hill, q son Of Sir Rowland
Hin, (ex-Secretsry 70 the Englih Post meel
has invented q machine for fsziiitstipe ths
stamping Of letters In postOfdcts. IL is self
and imprsSses The 1--we requisite stamp-
At once, 70 % its-ate the postage stamp and
give the time and place Ofstamping. Asmapy
as two hundred and eighteen letters havs bsen I
siDgle-stamPed, and one hundred snd eighty I
by help Of the machine, in one
minute, test time. :
The Wills Valley Railroad CemnaDv !
open their headquarters at C~hattanooRa on {
he LIST December, aud the work of constrpr- (
ion OF the read be prosecuted 10 complexion
the cars are running TO Newton rom The !
end. ard from the southern end IN [
ialens. From Meridian there viii be a road Z
o Mobile, aud rom Meridian or soma o,ha- :
,oint or the wills Valley road, "a direct line ~ $
Sew Orleans. Y
The Albany Argus explains the secret 8
Il shenck's riches in this Paragraph, zone. =
Ourth ofthe city OF Little ksck, ARR sfsn5s
a Robert G. Shenck's name, be having bought '
{ I'D al q tax or cOnnscatioh sale. Us draw
he rent $4,000 annually and leaves the for 81
ner owners-who contest his utle-to nav he :
axes. He has never paid the pnrcha 9 monsv I
nd so far he has ata'e and good thing any q
.
The chaplain Of Sing Sing Peniten- !
larry, New York. has recently been making a 8
borough investigation In referanc > to the early 81
sligious Influences exercised npon the prls n
ners. Out of 1893 cORvictS It appears that SOS. !,
? sixty. three per cent, had attended Sunday ~
,hooL. At tbs TombS, IN New York city. il = 81
serted that ssventy-nve per cent. of the r q
committed TO that prison Had been attend. /
ats Of sunday schools eI