Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-13

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! out overlapping its banks.
The Military Commission, says the
Madison Pioneer of the 9th, for the trial
Of Col. D. c. Cross, and perhaps Others,
is now in session at this place. The
commission is composed Of Gen. Ayres,
Capt. Patterson, Lieut.. Vance Lieut..
Cook, Judge Advocate. Col. Cross is
present, with Col. Cameron as his at
torney, and proposes to fight it through
on this line" We sincerely hope he
may be acquitted Of all charges, for we
are convinced that they have originated
in personal spite Of the parties who made
the charges. Query. What right has
Military Commission to try citizen
sitter the admission Of the State into the
glorious Union
The Des Arc Citizen Of the 9th says
Of the crops "a more hattering pros
! pect we have never seen in this county
than at present. Corn, cotton and wheat
look SIS well as Is possible. We hear
+ some complaint Of the rust In oats, but
hope they will not be seriously in
jured.
The Arksdelphia Standard Of the
9Th says, in speaking of "a chance for
. fortune -: "Our friend Potter, who has
charge Of the jail in this city, offers
great inducements to some scientific
man to make q fortune. He has four
negro women and two or three negro
men SIS boarders at his hotel, and the
odor in the room is so redolent Of mig
ger that be thinks il would require but
little chemical skill to condense it into
= fluid, so that it could be bottled, which
could be sent North and sold to the
niger worshippers Of that lk at
enormous prices, IS a perfume for their
handkerchief. Tie balm Of Thousand
dead horses would be as scentless as
water compared TO it. Friend Potter
offers to go snooks with any enterpris- |
ing chemist who will successfully accom- |
plish the experiment. He thinks there
is but one impediment in the way, and |
that is, the bOttlirg would prove fatal TO
any but the most enthusiastic niger
worshipper.'
The BatesviIle Times says that myri-
ads of caterpillars iBfest the country |
above that place, and are completely |
stripping the trees Of foliage; but hav-
ing done 10 damage to the growing |
crops so far. The same paper says that |
the corn crop looks well. Protracted |
rains have grestly retarded farmers in |
planting. A greater breadth of land has
been planted in corn and wheat this year /
than common. Wheat looks remark |
ably well, and promises a fine yield.
"A Democratic county convention
was TO be held at Columbia on the 9Th.
The steam grist mill of Mr.. VIM.
Porter was burned down on the 29.h ult.
at Helena. Loss, $4,000.
Col. A K. Underwood was recently |
thrown from his horse and badly hurt.
Two daughters of Mr.. Bishop, near
Spring Creek, recently shot and killed a
workman in the employ Of their father.
He had been foully slandering them, and
they took sure and ample revenge.
There is cheering news from lizard
and Marion counties. The breadth of |
land planted is greater than ever before.
The Little Rock Gazette gives the
following particulars Of the supposed kill
ing Of KukIux, but it turned out
dreadful mistake "On Monday last,
Coroner Webb held an inquest on the
body Of negro woman known as Aggie
Thomas. From the evidence presented
to the jury, it appears that the woman
in question was in the habit OF going out
in the cotton field to pray at night On
Monday morning, shortly after mid
night, a negro man named Green Viii
lisms, living in an adjoining cabin, was
giving some water TO q crying child
when bis attention was attracted to
white object in the field, and about sixty
yards from bis cabin, at which the dogs
we're barking. Having hailed it several
times and receiving no response, he
entered his cabin, seized bis gun, and
approaching the object, fired upon it, the
gun being loaded with large shot
for killing turkeys. Screams alarmed
him, and in company with the woman's
husband and several other negroes he
approached the objsct and found it to be
Aggie Thomas Ia her night clothes. The
shot entered her left side, Immediately
below the shoulder, causing immediate
death. The parties lived on the Temple
plantation, six miles east of the city.
Williams came to town next morning,
surrendered himself TO the civil authorI-
ties, making affidavit to the facts above
stated. He says he supposed the object
was g KukluK or some other kind of
spirit, and he had been warned by GER
tain parties here to be armed and pre-
pared to shoot them. Some of the par
tlculsr friends Of the 'colored brethren
have caused the death of this woman"
The Little Rock Gazette Of the 10th
formally espouses the cause CT Gen.
w. s. Hancock for the Presidency. It
says: We are informed by those who
claim to know, that Gen. Hancock has
always been Democrat; that is to say,
what few political opinions, being sol
der, he has held have been of a Conser-
vstive character, ard this during the
war. His order assuming command of
the Fifth District and his patriotic letter
to Gov. Pease, Of Texas, confirm the
statement. The objection urged that he
Is a military man is deprived of much
Of its force, by knowledge Of the i'm 1
portant fact that while such and while
holding dictatorial powers over two large
States, he constantly proclaimed the su-
1remacy of the civil law and asserted
The right of every American citizen to
enjoy tho liberties Of freeman.
Speaking of the comforts OF travel
Frs, the Little Rock Gazette of the 9Th
says: Visitors to the Hot Springs will
ind the Sumpter House pleasant place
Of sojourn. Situated at the lower end of s
.he valley and away from the hustle ,