Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-04-25


The APPEAL for Tuesdays and Sat-
urdays viii be found particularly adopted
to Arkansas readers.
--rhs Des Are Crescent has entered
upon its third year, and is worthy of
long aud prosperous life.
Buffalo gnats have been very fatal
ss well as troublesome in the neigbbOF-
hood of Des Arc. The Crescent of the
the 2Ist says: Horses, mules, 0Sttle
and sheep have suffered severely. In 8 few
miles Of this place fifty horses and mules
hxve been killed since the Inauguration
OF The gItat season. Every owner of
horses and mules should supply himself
with gust oil, and as far IS he can, see
that his stock is well fabricated" !"
The Dss Arc Crescent says that place
" seems to be losing Inhabitants. The
family Of Mr.. Rufus Mcpherson will
leave in a few weeks for Georgia, and
Mr.. J 2. Weller will leave this week for
Hot SpriDg where he expects to go
into business. He eOntsmplatss runDing
8 line of hacks from Hot Springs to Lit
tie Rock"
1t is expected that B. F. Rice, the
brgus e'ested Senator of Arkansas, will
apply part of his salary, provided he is
admitted, } to the eXtinguishment OF the
debt in Kentucky, incurred by gambling
away his clients money, on account Of
which he incOntiuently ned that State,
provided again he does not in the mean
time gam bic away his salary.
-FrOlich, Of the Searey Record, Gubs
the bogus Legislature " the Fungus Pu-
tridity " or "Putrid Fungusity I've
don { remember which, but either will
do-which he insists shall be " handed
down to posterity" " with that title.
The dwellings of K, Lane and John
Burgett, in the vicinity of Rosebud, were
recently b1FBed down in the absence Of
the families. Little or nothing saved
The Fort Smith Herald Of the 18th
says: We learn from Col. Lugenbeel,
commander OF the post Of Fort Smith,
tkat orders have been received here to
hold three or four companies Of the 18th
Infantry ia readiness 70 go to some point
in the Indian country. Fort Gibson or
Fort Arbuckle is supposed to be their
destination.
The body Of a man named Wm.
Marcum, was found on Lees Greek,
Crawford county, on Thursday, the 9TH
Of April, with his head crushed by Stone.
a man by the name of Steel Is suspected
of having committed the deed, as they
were last seen together. This, however,
is mere surmise, as no evidence was al
duced corroborating the fact Both were
men Of family and respectfully connected.
The Washington Telegraph of the
18th says: On Friday night last two
freedmen, named respectively James
Hughes and Ben 1ohnSon, too lazy to
work and too fond Of the political arena,
Feing without the necessary nutriment
to support their families, broke open the
smokebouse Of our fellow countryman,
Capt. Mat Moss, and stole therefrOm
some hundred pounds OF bacon.
The Little Rock Gazette Of the 22d
says: The people of Arkansas are anx-
ious that such (enterprising industrious
mem should come among them, and Of
fer every encouragement that their own
impoverished means will admit. The
Only drawback to rapid and healthful
development of our resources, is the uu-
settled condition Of political affairs. Per-
maneney il what we want. Let us have
that on some honorable terms and we
shall then have basis on which to build
future hopes II negro rule is to be estab-
lished, we shall expect many hsrdships,
and hundreds of our citi2ens must be
lOpelessly ruined