Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-16


Hundreds OF 0utrages are committed
daily iG this city, by notorious roughs
and yet the arrests are go very fe y as
scarcely 10 deserve mention. True, the
papers say the offenders are "knOwn to
the police,n ard that may bs the reason
that they are not disturbed in their ca
reer of iniquity. Men are robbed iD
broad daylight women are violated in
the street cars stores and dwellings are
set On fire; houses are entered by bur
glars cOrpses are thrown into the river;
mysteriously murdered persons ara sent
to the Morgue. The roughs are the au-
thOIs of those niisdeeds, and are likely
to be for years to come, without serious
hindrance. Occasionally for the sake
Of effect, one OF them, like Briefly or
Jerry O'BTieB, is hanged, and the jour
nails contain CHASTITY elaborate accounts
OF his execution. But others, even more
guilty, are permitted 20 escape, and the
saturnalia OF crime 60 on unchecked.
TIE CULTIVATED CLASS.
The cultivstedly comfortable, who are
the third and best representatives Of our
society, give it its best and highest tone
from the fact that they are Independent,
broad and sensible. Successful authors
and artists belong to this class, and all
the families who have ideas beyond
money, and consider culture quite equal
to five-twenties. They lend q helping
hand to those who aTe struggling in the
sphere Of Art, whether the form be mar
BILE, colOrs, sounds or words and believe
that refinement and generosity are the
best evidences of developed character.
They give the most agreeable receptions
in the city-quiet gatherings Of poets,
ffgg
and aotOrB ccssion8lly-without vulgar
parade, or cumbersome form or weari.
some routine. This class exercises q
strong and marked influence, and is rap
idly increasing for, though really DEM
Ocratio, it is aristCCratic ia the true gense.
THE NEW Rich.
The new rich are at present stronger
and more numerous than ever in New
York. They profted by contracts and
speculatiOns during the war, and are now
a power in the Metropolis power that
is sstiriz I'd and ridiculed, but power
nevertheless. They are exceedingly pro.
n0Jlce, bizarre, ana generally manage 10
render themselves very absurd but in
asmuch ss they annoy and worry the
Knickerboekers, who have less money
and ore more stupid than they, I pre-
sumo they have their place and achieve
purpose in the social life of Gotham.
These are the people who flare and
fash so at the places Of amusements on /
the public promenades and in the pFin- |
cipsl thOrOughfares, and whom strangers !
regard as the expOnents of our best soci- |
ETY., when they really represent the |
worst. They Out-dress and nut-shine the !
old families, the cullivstedly comforta.
bic, the inheritors OF fortunes, and every
body else, in whatever money can pur- |
chase and bad taste can suggest They /
have,tbe most striking liveFies, the most |
expensive jewelry, the most gorgeous |
furniture, the worst manners, and the |
most bRTbarous English.
MANTON MARBLE.
He went upon the World as q general
writer at q salary, have been told, of |
$50 a week, and rapidly rose in the estab
lishmeDt until he was made editOr-in-
chief. The paper changed hands, char |
aoter and politics, was revolutioniz ed /
half a dozen times--frOm religious, be- |
came secular, and then political; was |
mildly Conservative grew Republican /
waxed Democratic-feebly at first, ferO-
ciously at lsst; and aIRid all those /
changes Marble held on, and developed /
with them into the latest form and fresh
est shape,
What his politics were originally, no /
one seems 10 know. II is said that at |
college he cherished few convictions, but /
left his mind free to embrace what at
any time appeared best. The Rspu0li
cans declare he is, or ought to be, with |
them but that he has temporized, and |
followed where his interests led. Such |
statements are gratuitOus. IT is fair to
presume that Marble knows, at least, on
what side he wants to be, and he GER
tainly has right to choose his princi
pies among the variety prevalent at the
present time.
IL Marble is individually what he is
professionally, man OF the world, ne is
a shrewd and successful one and 1t Is
nohody's affair what he privately thinks
or believes. He says daily through bis
columns that he is an ultra Democrat, |
and as such the public is bound to accept |
him and his paper.
HENRY ]. RAYMOND,
Raymond is small in stature and slight,
has dark hair, gray or light hazel eyes, 9
thin, nervous face, with dark side-whis-
kers, and is quick and energetic in move
ment. He dresses neatly but not ex-
travsgantly; has pleasant manners
talks fiusntly and rapidly, and has quite |
the appearance OF q busy man OF the |
world. He would be thought 8 mer-
chant by strangers, or, perhaps. stock