Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-06
THE NEWS.

n Nicksburg.
Dick Busted, the dirty dog and
earpet-bagger who disgraced the judi
ciary of Alabama, is to be impeached
by Congress for high crimes and mis-
demeanors. Served him right.
Gen. Clanton recently thrashed Nc
Kinstry, who used to be Bragg's Pro
vost Marshal at Atlanta. Nick. has
become a negrO-suffrage Radical, and
is kicked out of decent society by
ClantOn.
Hon. c. C. Langdon, an erudite
scholar and elegant gentleman, and,
Withal, a farmer and statesman, de-
livered q magnificent Grafton last
Tuesday at the Alabama State Fair at
Montgomery.
The gross receipts of the Cherokee,
Georgia and Alabama Fair, at Rome,
is reported at S5I25; disbursements,
S453S sc; balance on hand, SIISj 04.
\ dividend of twenty per cent. has
been declared on 2S9 shares.
4 man named Fisk is probably
elected 10 Congress from the Nicks-
burg District Our Mississippi ex-
changes contained, yesterday, meager
news about the election in that State.
All of them deplOTe the Indifference
manifested by white people.
One of the Cuban Junta, of New
York, denies the late story about the
contemplated treachery of Gen. JOr-
dan. lie says Jordan was promoted
10 the post Of Chief of staff, and is held
in high esteem by the CubanS, who
have Implicit confidence in him.
The question Of the removal of the
capital to the West Is being revived in
Washington. a Wisconsin Senator
is preparing a speech on the subject,
and was heard to remark that no
Western man can afford TO vote against
the removal and hope to go back to
Congress.
The Alabama Legislature is engaged /
in expelling Democratic members and /
substituting knaves and thieves. /
Mobile, it is thought, viii be de /
prived of its present local government I
and turned over to the tender mer-
cies Of such fellows as used to plunder .
this city and county. The Tribune /
intimates that the city viii be made .
too hot to hold its appointed masters.
Our public debt is nov a little over
$1,000, 600, ,OOO.- CIereldRd (O.) Leader.
To which the Louisville COiFier-
Journal says: The ''little over" the
Lecd.F talks about Is only six hundred
and fOrty-nine millions, six hundred
and fifty-fOur thousand, seven hun
dred and fOrty-fOur dollars and twen-
ty-siX cents-an amount ten times
greater than the entire Indebtedness
Of the government before it fell into
She hands of the Republican party.
The Secretary Of the Navy, in his
report TO be laid before Congress. next
week. recommends the establishment
of a Eavy-yard at Port Royal, s. c.
A better selection could not have been
made on the South Atlantic coast, as
the depth Of water on the bar, her
magnificent bay and her rapidly eX-
tending railroad connections make
Port Royal n most desirable and con-
yenient port fer shipbuilding and re-
pairs.
The Presbyterian Banner Of this
week says: The letter of the two Gen
eral Assemblies of the Presbyterian
Church, lately reunited in this city, is
commended by the Catholic UOrid as
so courteous, temperate and fair, that
il deserves TO come under the notice
OF the Pope and his Council; and the
editor suggests that it be sent, in Eng
lish and in Latin, TO Pope Plus. An
official copy is accordingly to be for
warded 10 Rome, in both languages,
with the signatures of the two MOder-
atOrs.
The Louisville COlEier-JOtgRul of
Saturday, says of.the maSs-meeting
held in that city on Friday, to cOnsid-
er q direct route to Chattanooga, that
il was a monster affair. In point of
numbers and enthusiasm, it has never
been surpassed by any railroad meet
ing of recent times. The wealth and
muscle of the city were represented in
a most conspicuous manner. The
speakers were thoroughly representa-
tive men. the interest was, from
first TO last ,unbrOken and intense; and :
there rose "a universal and spontaneous
response tc flr. Armstrong; apOStrO-
phe to Ci tinnati-''ShOO, fly, don't
bOdder mein
Hon. VIM. r. Smith, of Alabama,
has published a political translation
of HUmeT's Had. Tradition handed
down from age 70 age in the Univer-
-ity Of Alabama told the writer Of
this, when an undergraduate, that Mr..
Smiths compositions and speeches, +
when he wrote as q cOllegiau, We're -.
ever versihed. Mr.. Smith is the first
SOutherner who has undertaken the
task, to which he has devoted his
leisure hours for twenty years, and
we would fain hope that the work
will prove creditable to the author
and the State Of which he becomes,
now that Aleck Meek is no more, the
literary representative.
Many Of the Northern papers pub
lish la full the manly and patriotic
address Of Gen. Hampton, at our State ,
Fair, and all speak of it in the highest
praise. The New York World says:
The hands of sch thinkers and
workers as Wade Hampton should be
held up by the men Of the North as
well a. OF The South. Every section
will be bettered by the renovation Of
the unhealthy limb, and we are all
alike interested in the yeriiC2tiOn Of
the authors remark, that in the ma
terial prosperity Of the cOtton-grOwiDg
South the Union may behold its saliva
tiOn from financial bankruptcy"
4 Radical organ says: "Politics
which, six years ago, for brief and
bloody space, huctuated on the fields
Of war, now moves from the forum to
the market. 1t is clear already that
not reconstruction, nor constitutional .
amendments, nor foreign policy, will
De the objective point Of political con-
flict this winter, but finance. The
great dividing line Of Congress viii
probably be drawn. not 50 much be-
tween North and South, East and
West. or this political creed or that, IS
between the advocates Of the present
limited and imperfect system Of bank
ing and the advocates Of a free bank
ing law"
The fashion for full dress suits this
season is L coat of blue cloth, with git
buttons, paDtaloOns and vest OF BLACK
cassimeres, with inside vest OF White
silk. Morning or neglige suits consist
Of single or dOuble-brea5ted AeWnlaf-
ket "cut away" coat OF DARK elot42
with striped or plaid trousers ana vest Srs,
Of the same material As the coat. Inc
most fashionable, and what i CONSUL
cred the most elegant suits Tor Weu-
dings, or for visits OF ceremony, Is a
Prince Albert coat, double-breasted,
of blue or black cloth, with silk iaclngs;
vest Of the same material, With an Ia
side vest of white duck, and. lavender
or dark trousers. A light blue or
black Stanley scarf, hght-colored kld
gloves, and caliskia boots complete
this stylish toilette.
In forecasting the business Of the
coming session OF Congress, the New
York Herald SAYS. The army Is